Impact of hyperon mixing on neutron star structure based on Skyrme-type equations of state: Systematic analysis of ΛNN and ΛΛN three-body forces with Bayesisan inference

Abstract

We study hyperonic density-dependent three-body effects in cold neutron-star matter using a Skyrme energy-density-functional framework. In beta-equilibrated npeμΛ matter, the effective ΛNN and ΛΛN terms are varied separately in the (β,A3) and (γ,C3) planes, and each tabulated equation of state is used in Tolman--Oppenheimer--Volkoff calculations. The calculated P-- branches are classified by monotonicity and extremum structure. The ΛΛN term does not affect the Λ-onset condition, but modifies the finite-Λ post-onset EOS: increasing C3 generally stiffens the post-onset branch and raises M in mechanically admissible regions, whereas increasing γ reduces this enhancement at fixed C3. In contrast, the ΛNN term shifts the Λ-onset density and modifies the post-onset EOS simultaneously, producing organized branch-limited and Maxwell-candidate regions for some reference interactions. Representative two-extrema cases are examined with Maxwell constructions. We also perform an exploratory Bayesian analysis using neutron-star mass--radius information alone and apply XGBoost--SHAP surrogate diagnostics to summarize parameter sensitivities. Within the adopted likelihood and prior ranges, the posterior weight tends to favor sizable hyperonic three-body repulsion, and the SHAP analysis identifies A3 and C3 as important controls of Mmax and R2.0. These results show that maximum-mass recovery in hyperonic neutron stars is not a single mechanism: Mmax maps must be interpreted together with onset behavior, branch admissibility, and extremum-count diagnostics. *shortened due to the arXiv's word limit.

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