From Multimessenger Inference to Simulations: A Ranked Ensemble of Finite-Temperature Equations of State

arXiv:2608.04092 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-08-04 · Read on arXiv

Max Jacobi, Giulia Huez, Sebastiano Bernuzzi, David Radice

astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-08-04

Comments: 22 pages, 11 figures

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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