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Symmetry energy effect on hot nuclear matter and proto-neutron stars

9 Sept 2025, 16:50
2h 10m
Auditorium (8F) (Integrated Innovation Building (IIB), RIKEN Kobe Campus)

Auditorium (8F)

Integrated Innovation Building (IIB), RIKEN Kobe Campus

Minatojima-minamimachi 6-7-1, Kobe, Japan
8. Theory of compact stars, including neutron star mergers and supernovae NuSym Poster Session

Speaker

Xuhao Wu

Description

We examine the effects of symmetry energy on proto-neutron stars (PNSs) using an equation of state
(EOS) described by the relativistic mean-field (RMF) model. The thermal properties of dense matter and the bulk
properties of PNSs are investigated under the assumptions of isothermy, isentropy, and fixed lepton fractions. The
polytropic index is calculated at finite temperature, revealing a negative correlation with the maximum mass of a
PNS that the EOS can support. The properties of PNSs during the heating and cooling stages along their evolution-
ary path are explored under different combinations of lepton fraction and entropy. We investigate the correlation
between symmetry energy slope L and the properties of PNSs. As L increases, the radius of a PNS also increases;
however, this effect diminishes with a growing lepton fraction in the isentropic case. These results indicate that nuc-
lear symmetry energy and its density dependence play crucial roles in determining the properties of PNSs and their
evolutionary stages.

Presentation Style Poster Presentation

Author

Xuhao Wu

Presentation materials