Relativistic mean-field theories for neutron-star physics based on chiral effective field theory
Relativistic mean-field theories for neutron-star physics based on chiral effective field theory
We describe and implement a procedure for determining the couplings of a relativistic mean-field theory (RMFT) that is optimized for application to neutron star phenomenology. In the standard RMFT approach, the couplings are constrained by comparing the theory's predictions for symmetric matter at saturation density with measured nuclear properties. The …