Astrophysics and Cosmology
This group gathers researchers working on astrophysics and cosmology topics. It covers theoretical, computational and observational skills, potentiating synergies between them to tackle a number of problems of current interest in the field. The main research areas are the physics of white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes, the equation of state of dense hadronic matter, radio astronomy, detection and characterisation of exoplanets, dynamics of stellar and planetary systems, celestial mechanics, computational astrophysics, interplay between particle and gravitational physics, the origin of dark matter, dark energy, inflation, and the baryon asymmetry.
Current projects
Previous projects
Recent Publications
Books
Books
1 - Campo eletromagnético
L. Brito, M. Fiolhais, C. Providência
Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra (2023)
Chapters of Books
2 - Neutron star equation of state: identifying hadronic matter characteristics
Constança Providência, Tuhin Malik, Milena Bastos Albino, Márcio Ferreira
Talyor & Francis accepted (2024)
3 - In silico approaches for polymeric nanocomposites (Chapter 14)
T. Cova, S. Nunes, C. Vitorino, M. Ferreira, P. Rondon-Villarreal, A. Pais
In-Silico Approaches to Macromolecular Chemistry (Elsevier) (2023)
Papers
International Journals
4 - Lattice determination of the Batalin-Vilkovisky function and the strong running interaction
AC Aguilar, N Brito, MN Ferreira, J Papavassiliou, O Oliveira, PJ Silva
Phys. Lett. B 858, 139054 (2024)
5 - Thermal curvature perturbations in thermal inflation
M Bastero-Gil, JM Gomes, JG Rosa
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 6, 060 (2024)
6 - Primordial black hole superradiance and evaporation in the string axiverse
M Calzà, JG Rosa, F Serrano
J. High Energy Phys 140(5), 140 (2024)
7 - Detecting the third family of compact stars with normalizing flows
V.M. Carvalho, M Ferreira, C Providencia, M Bejger
Phys. Rev. D 109(10), 103032 (2024)
8 - From neutron star observations to nuclear matter properties: A machine learning approach
V.M. Carvalho, M. Ferreira, C. Providencia
Phys. Rev. D 109 (12), 123038 (2024)
9 - Temperature evolution in the Early Universe and freeze-in at stronger coupling
C. Cosme, F. Costa, O. Lebedev
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 6 (2024)
10 - Freeze-in at stronger coupling
C. Cosme, F. Costa, O. Lebedev
Phys. Rev. D 109 (7), 075038 (2024)
11 - Temperature evolution in the Early Universe and freeze-in at stronger coupling
C. Cosme, F. Costa, O. Lebedev
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 6 (2024)
12 - Bayesian evaluation of hadron-quark phase transition models through neutron star observables in light of nuclear and astrophysics data
Debanjan Guha Roy, Anagh Venneti, Tuhin Malik, Swastik Bhattacharya, Sarmistha Banik
Phy. Lett. B (PLB) Volume 859, 139128 (2024)
13 - Analysis of Neutron Star f-mode Oscillations in General Relativity with Spectral Representation of Nuclear Equations of State
Debanjan Guha Roy, Tuhin Malik, Swastik Bhattacharya, Sarmistha Banik
Astrophys.J. (APJ) 968, 124 (2024)
14 - Collapsing domain wall networks: impact on pulsar timing arrays and primordial black holes
R. Ferreira, A. Notari, O. Pujolàs, F. Rompineve
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 6, 020 (2024)
15 - The Power of Relativistic Jets: A Comparative Study
L. Foschini, B. Dalla Barba, M. Tornikoski, H. Andernach, P. Marziani, AP Marscher, SG Jorstad, E Järvelä, S. Antón, E. Dalla Bontà
Universe 10 (4), 156 (2024)
16 - The Impact of Asymmetric Dark Matter on the Thermal Evolution of Nucleonic and Hyperonic Compact Stars
E. Giangrandi, A. Avila, V. Sagun, O. Ivanytskyi, C. Providencia
Particles 7 (1), 179-200 (2024)
17 - Constraining a relativistic mean field model using neutron star mass-radius measurements I: nucleonic models
C Huang, G Raaijmakers, AL Watts, L Tolos, C Providencia
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.. 529(4), 4650-4665 (2024)
18 - Implications of comprehensive nuclear and astrophysics data on the equations of state of neutron star matter
SMA Imam, T. Malik, C. Providencia, B. Agrawal
Phys. Rev. D 109 (10), 103025 (2024)
19 - Theoretical and experimental constraints for the equation of state of dense and hot matter
Kumar L, Providencia C, et al.
Living Rev. Relativ. 27(1), 3 (2024)
20 - Astrophysics and nuclear physics informed interactions in dense matter: Inclusion of PSR J0437-4715
T Malik, V Dexheimer, C Providência
Phys. Rev. D 110(4), 043042 (2024)
21 - A baryons in neutron stars
K.D. Marquez, D.P. Menezes, H. Pais, C. Providência
Phys. Rev. C 106 (5), 055801 (2024)
22 - Nambu-Jona-Lasinio description of hadronic matter from a Bayesian approach
KD Marquez, T Malik, H Pais, DP Menezes, C Providência
Phys. Rev. D 110(6), 063040 (2024)
23 - Bound states of relativistic spinless particles in a mix of circularly symmetric vector and scalar harmonic oscillators
V.B. Mendrot, A.S. de Castro, P. Alberto
Physica Scripta 99 (5), 055209 (2024)
24 - Hybrid star properties with the NJL and mean field approximation of QCD models: A Bayesian approach
Milena Albino, Tuhin Malik, Márcio Ferreira, Constança Providência
Phys.Rev.D 110, 083037 (2024)
25 - Constraining the high-density behavior of nuclear symmetry energy with direct Urca processes
Olfa Boukari, Tuhin Malik, Aziz Rabhi, Constança Providência
Phy. Rev. C (PRC) (accepted) (2024)
26 - ATLAS: Latest Advancements and First Observations
J. Pandeirada, M. Bergano, P. Marques, B. Coelho, D. Barbosa, M. Figueiredo
Remote Sens. 16 (4), 704 (2024)
27 - High-refractive-index materials screening from machine learning and ab initio methods
Pedro J.M.A. Carriço, Márcio Ferreira, Tiago F.T. Cerqueira, Fernando Nogueira, Pedro Borlido
Phys. Rev. Mater. 8, 015201 (2024)
28 - E-cadherin variants associated with oral facial clefts trigger aberrant cell motility in a REG1A-dependent manner
J. Pereira, S. Melo, R.M. Ferreira, P. Carneiro, V.T. Yang, A.F. Maia, J. Carvalho, C. Figueiredo, J.C. Machado, E. Morais-de-Sá, R. Seruca, J. Figueiredo
Cell Commun. Signal. 22 (1), 152 (2024)
29 - Towards Uncovering Dark Matter Effects on Neutron Star Properties: A Machine Learning Approach
Prashant Thakur, Tuhin Malik, T.K. Jha
Particles 7, 80-95 (2024)
30 - Isoscaling in dilute warm nuclear systems
A Rebillard-Soulie, R Bougault, H Pais, B Borderie, A Chbihi, C Ciampi, Q Fable, J Frankland, E Galichet, T Genard, D Gruyer, N Le Neindre, I Lombardo, O Lopez, L Manduci, M Parlog, G Verde
J. Phys. G 51 (1), 015104 (2024)
31 - A new approach to the 3-momentum regularization of the in-medium one and two fermion line integrals with applications to cross sections in the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model
Renan Câmara Pereira, Pedro Costa, Constança Providência, João Moreira
Phys. Rev. C 109, 025206-57 (2024)
32 - General predictions of neutron star properties using unified relativistic mean-field equations of state
L. Scurto, H. Pais, F. Gulminelli
Phys. Rev. D 109 (10), 103015 (2024)
33 - Calibrating global behaviour of equation of state by combining nuclear and astrophysics inputs in a machine learning approach
Sk Md Adil Imam, Prafulla Saxena, Tuhin Malik, N.K. Patra, B.K. Agrawal
Phy. Rev. D (PRD) (accepted) (2024)
34 - Exploring robust correlations between fermionic dark matter model parameters and neutron star properties: A two-fluid perspective
P. Thakur, T. Malik, A. Das, T.K. Jha, C. Providência
Phys. Rev. D 109 (4), 043030 (2024)
35 - Unified neutron star equations of state calibrated to nuclear properties
Tuhin Malik, Helena Pais, Constança Providência
Astron.Astrophys. (A&A) 689, A242 (2024)
36 - Tidal evolution of Earth-like planets in the habitable zone of low-mass stars
EFS Valente, , ACM Correia, P. Auclair-Desrotour, M. Farhat, J. Laskar
Astron. Astrophys. 687, A47 (2024)
37 - Modified Biochar Materials From Eucalyptus globulus Wood as Efficient CO2 Adsorbents and Recyclable Catalysts
S Zomorodbakhsh, ACS Gonzalez, IG Cruz, G Piccirillo, TMR Maria, IS Marques, AF Peixoto, JM Gil, F Ferreira, RMB Carrilho
Adv. Sustain. Syst. accepted for publication (2024)
38 - Theory of Functional Connections and Nelder-Mead optimization methods in satellite characterization
A. de Almeida Junior, S Aljbaae, T. Vaillant, J. Piñeros, B. Coelho, D. Barbosa, M. Bergano, J. Pandeirada, F. Carvalho, L. Santos, A. Prado, A. Guerman, A.C.M. Correia
Acta Astronaut. 215, 548-559 (2024)
39 - Tangential velocity constraint for orbital maneuvers with Theory of Functional Connections
AK de Almeida, T Vaillant, VM de Oliveira, D Barbosa, D Maia, S Aljbaae, B Coelho, M Bergano, J Pandeirada, AFBA Prado, A Guerman, ACM Correia
Sci. Rep. 14(1), 7479 (2024)
40 - Rapid neutron star cooling triggered by dark matter
A. Ávila, E. Giangrandi, V. Sagun, O. Ivanytskyi, C. Providência
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. (2024)
41 - Dynamics of trans-Neptunian objects near the 3/1 mean-motion resonance with Neptune
A Alves-Carmo, T Vaillant, A.C.M. Correia
Astron. Astrophys. 677, A83 (2023)
42 - Reversible time-step adaptation for the integration of few-body systems
T. Boekholt, T. Vaillant, A.C.M. Correia
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 519 (3), 3281-3291 (2023)
43 - Superradiant axion clouds around asteroid-mass primordial black holes
NP Branco, RZ Ferreira, JG Rosa
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. (4), 3 (2023)
44 - Probing hybrid stars and the properties of the special points with radial oscillations
C. Gärtlein, O. Ivanytskyi, V. Sagun, D. Blaschke
Phys. Rev. D 108, 114028 (2023)
45 - Non-radial oscillation modes in hybrid stars: consequences of a mixed phase
Deepak Kumar, Hiranmaya Mishra and Tuhin Malik
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 02, 015 (2023)
46 - Shrinking the Warm Little Inflaton
P. Ferraz, J. Rosa,
J. High Energy Phys. 12, 176 (2023)
47 - The effect of self-interacting bosonic dark matter on neutron star properties
E. Giangrandi, V. Sagun, O. Ivanytskyi, C. Providência, Dietrich T.
Astrophys. J. 953 (1), 115 (2023)
48 - The Effects of Self-interacting Bosonic Dark Matter on Neutron Star Properties
E Giangrandi, V Sagun, O Ivanytskyi, C Providencia, T Dietrich
Astrophys. J. 953(1), 115 (2023)
49 - Machine-learning Love: classifying the equation of state of neutron stars with transformers
G Goncalves, M Ferreira, J Aveiro, A Onofre, FF Freitas, C Providência, JA Font
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 12, 001 (2023)
50 - Hybrid star phenomenology from the properties of the special point
C Gärtlein, O Ivanytskyi, V Sagun, D Blaschke
Phys. Rev. D 108 (11), 114028 (2023)
51 - Influence of the tetraneutron on the EoS under core-collapse supernovae and heavy-ion collisions conditions
Helena Pais, C. Albertus, MA Pérez-García, Constança Providência
Astron.Astrophys. 679, A113 (2023)
52 - Temperature and strong magnetic field effects in dense matter
J. Peterson, P. Costa, R. Kumar, V. Dexheimer, R. Negreiros, C. Providência
Phys. Rev. D 108, 063011-18 (2023)
53 - Unveiling a universal relationship between the f(R) parameter and neutron star properties
K. Nobleson, Sarmistha Banik, and Tuhin Malik
Phys. Rev. D 107, 124045 (2023)
54 - Robust universal relations in neutron star asteroseismology
D. Kumar, T. Malik, H. Mishra, C. Providencia
Phys. Rev. D 108 (8), 083008 (2023)
55 - Strong magnetic fields and pasta phases reexamined
Luigi Scurto, Helena Pais, Francesca Gulminelli
Phys. Rev. C 107, 045806 (2023)
56 - Employing ternary fission of 242Pu as a probe of very neutron-rich matter
JB Natowitz, H Pais, G Ropke
Phys. Rev. C 107(1), 014618 (2023)
57 - All that glitters is not gold: X-ray fluorescence analysis of a fixed dental prosthesis from Coleccao de Esqueletos Identificados Seculo XXI, Portugal (CEI/XXI)
I Oliveira-Santos, RAMP Gomes, C Coelho, F Gil, E Cunha, IP Baptista, MT Ferreira
Int. J. Leg. Med. (2023)
58 - Comparable dark matter and baryon abundances with a heavy dark sector
J Rosa, D Silva
Phys. Lett. B 846, 138178 (2023)
59 - Quasi-equilibrium configurations of binary systems of dark matter admixed neutron stars
H. Rüter, V. Sagun, T Dietrich
Phys. Rev. D 108 (12), 124080 (2023)
60 - What Is the Nature of the HESS J1731-347 Compact Object?
V Sagun, E Giangrandi, T Dietrich, O Ivanytskyi, R Negreiros, C Providencia
Astrophys. J. 958 (1), 49 (2023)
61 - A model of zinc dynamics evoked by intense stimulation at the cleft of hippocampal mossy fiber synapses
MS Sousa, JL Alves, JCS Freitas, JN Miraldo, FDSS dos Aidos, RM Santos, LM Rosario, RM Quinta-Ferreira, ME Quinta-Ferreira, CM Matias
Brain Res. 1807, 148322 (2023)
62 - Realizing the potential of deep neural network for analyzing neutron star observables and dense matter equation of state
A Thete, K Banerjee, T Malik
Phys. Rev. D 108 (6), 063028 (2023)
63 - Spanning the full range of neutron star properties within a microscopic description
Tuhin Malik, Márcio Ferreira, Milena Bastos Albino, Constança Providência
Phys. Rev. D 107, 103018 (2023)
64 - Nonstrange quark stars within resummed QCD
Tulio E. Restrepo, Constança Providência, Marcus Benghi Pinto
Phys. Rev. D 107, 114015 (2023)
65 - Spin and orbital dynamics of planets undergoing thermal atmospheric tides using a vectorial approach
E. Valente, A.C.M. Correia
Astron. Astrophys. 679, November, A153 (2023)
66 - Decoding neutron star observations: Revealing composition through Bayesian neural networks
Valéria Carvalho, Márcio Ferreira, Tuhin Malik, Constança Providência
Phys. Rev. D 108, 4 (2023)
Portuguese Journals
67 - Os pêndulos comunicadores!
Constança Providência, Rita Wolters
Gazeta de Física - Vamos Experimentar! 46 -3, 21-22 (2024)
68 - Como funciona o comboio maglev?
Constança Providência, Helena Arede, Joana Pancas, Rita Wolters
Gazeta de Físic - Vamos Experimentar! 46 - 1, 23-25 (2023)
69 - Um balão a jato: o que o faz voar?
Constança Providência, Rita Wolters
Gazeta de Física - Vamos Experimentar! 46 - 1, 44-45 (2023)
Proceedings
International Conferences
70 - Tidal deformability as a probe of dark matter in neutron stars
D. R. Karkevandi, S. Shakeri, Violetta Sagun, O. Ivanytskyi
Intern. J. Mod. Phys. D, Proceedings of the Sixteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity Online; 5-10 July 2021., 3713-3731 (2023)
71 - Tidal deformability as a probe of dark matter in neutron stars
D.R. Karkevandi, S. Shakeri, V. Sagun, O. Ivanytskyi
16th Marcel Grossmann Meeting, Electr Network, JUL 05-10, 2021., 3713-3731 (2023)
Communications
Invited
72 - Estrelas de Neutrões: um laboratório de física nuclear, física de partículas e relatividade geral!
Constança Providência
RÓMULO – Centro Ciência Viva da Universidade de Coimbra (2023)
73 - Neutron star properties from semiclassical methods in nuclear physics
Constança Providência
Conference on Quantum-Many-Body Correlations in memory of Peter Schuck (QMBC 2023). IJCLab, Orsay, France (2023)
74 - Neutron star matter: learning from collective modes
Constança Providência
CELEBRATING DR. MARCELLO BALDO’S 80TH BIRTHDAY, National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Catania Division, Italy (2023)
75 - Estrelas de neutrões: um laboratório de física nuclear e de partículas
Constança Providência
A pint of Science in Portugal: O infinito e o além (2023)
76 - Strong magnetic fields and the inner crust of neutron stars
Helena Pais
Invited speaker of the workshop Strongly interacting matter in ex- treme magnetic fields held at ECT*, Trento, Italy, September 2023. (2023)
77 - Constraining the low-density neutron star equation of state from heavy-ion collisions
Helena Pais
Invited speaker of the workshop Neutron Rich Matter on Heaven and Earth to be held at the Institute of Nuclear Theory (INT), University of Washington, Seattle, USA, June 2023. (2023)
78 - Spanning the full range of neutron star properties within a
microscopic description
Malik, T.
Presented in AAPCOS-2023, 26 January, SINP India (in person) (2023)
79 - Unraveling neutron stars´ properties: Exploring the Nuclear
Equation of State, Hyperons, and Compatibility with pQCD
Malik, T.
NIT, Rourkela, India, 7 July (Online). (2023)
80 - Unveiling Neutron Star Composition and Observables: Comprehensive
Study using Deep Bayesian Neural Networks
Malik, T.
European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT*), in Trento, Italy, 10/10/2023. (In person). (2023)
81 - Primordial black hole superradiance
Rosa, J.
Spanish Portuguese Relativity Meeting - EREP 2023, Bilbao - Spain, 21 July (2023)
Oral
82 - Asynchronous rotation for Earth-like planets in the habitable zone of
M-dwarf stars
A.C.M. Correia, E. Valente
Towards Other Earths III: The Planet-Star connection, 3-7 July, Biblioteca Almeida Garrett, Porto, Portugal. (2023)
83 - Quark matter in neutron stars
Ferreira, M.
15th International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology (ICGAC15), Gyeongju, South Korea, 3–7 July (2023)
84 - Hacked, burned or both? Chemical trace analysis of sharp force trauma in unburned and burned bone
M. T. Ferreira, D. Gonçalves, M. P. Marques, L. Batista de Carvalho, Francisco Gil
20th Anniversary Symposium of Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe, Marseille, France, 30th August - 1 September (2023)
85 - Primordial black hole superradiance
Rosa, J.
New Horizons in Primordial Black Holes - NEHOP 2023, Naples - Italy, 21 June (2023)
86 - A solution to the dark matter coincidence problem with a heavy dark sector
Rosa, J.
IberiCos 2024, Ponte de Lima, Portugal, 3 April (2023)
87 - Probing dark matter with neutron stars and their mergers
V. Sagun, T. Dietrich, M. Emma, E. Giangrandi, O. Ivanytskyi, I. Lopes, F. Pannarale, C. Providência, H. Rüter, F. Schianchi, W. Tichy
at the Dark Matter 2023: From the Smallest to the Largest Scales conference, Santander, Spain, May 29 - June 2, 2023. (2023)
88 - The effect of dark matter on the properties of neutron stars
V. Sagun, T. Dietrich, M. Emma, E. Giangrandi, O. Ivanytskyi, I. Lopes, F. Pannarale, C. Providência, H. Rüter, F. Schianchi, W. Tichy
at the XXXIII National Meeting of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ENAA), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, 7-9 September, 2023. (2023)
89 - What is the nature of the HESS J1731-347 compact object? Does it confirm the early deconfinement phase transition?
V. Sagun, E. Giangrandi, T. Dietrich, O. Ivanytskyi, R. Negreiros, C. Providência
at the 19th International Conference on QCD in Extreme Conditions (XQCD 2023), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, 26 - 28 July 2023. (2023)
90 - Probes of dark matter with neutron stars and their mergers
V. Sagun, A. Ávila, T. Dietrich, M. Emma, E. Giangrandi, O. Ivanytskyi, I. Lopes, C. Providência, H. Rüter, W. Tichy
at the Department of Physics at Royal Holloway University of London, London, United Kingdom, 30 November 2023. (2023)
91 - Probes of dark matter with neutron stars and their mergers
V. Sagun, A. Ávila, T. Dietrich, M. Emma, E. Giangrandi, O. Ivanytskyi, I. Lopes, C. Providência, H. Rüter, W. Tichy
at the Theory Astrophysics and Gravity (STAG) Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, 7 December 2023. (2023)
92 - Excitation of the obliquity of Earth-like planets via tidal forcing
E. Valente, A.C.M. Correia
Complex Planetary Systems II – Kavli-IAU Symposium 382, 3-7 July, University of Namur, Belgium. (2023)
Software
93 - TIDYMESS: A direct N-body integrator for modelling the chaotic, tidal dynamics of multi-body extrasolar systems.
Tjarda Boekholt, ACM Correia
(2023)
Thesis
PhD thesis
94 - Tidal dynamics and habitability of planetary systems;
Ema Filipa dos Santos Valente
PhD in Physics (2023)
MSc thesis
95 - Superradiant Instabilities of Multiple Scalar Fields around a Rotating Black Hole
Daniel Filipe Neves
(2023)
Other
96 - Exposição: 50 anos de Ciência no Feminino: a Voz das Mulheres na UC
Lucília Brito, Constança Providência, Rita Wolters
Rómulo Centro de Ciência da UC (2024)
97 - Graph-Based Strategies for Optimizing Wildfire Supression
J. Aveiro, D. Neves, Paulo J. Silva, O. Oliveira, F. Nogueira, Jaime Oliveira da Silva,
(2023)
98 - Thermal curvature perturbations in thermal inflation
M. Bastero-Gil, J. Gomes, J. Rosa
arXiv:2301.11666 [hep-ph] (2023)
99 - Evaporating Kerr black holes as probes of new physics
M. Calza, J. Rosa
arXiv:2312.09261 [hep-ph] (2023)
100 - Determining the spin of light primordial black holes with Hawking radiation II: high spin regime
M. Calza, J. Rosa
arXiv:2311.12930 [gr-qc] (2023)
101 - Primordial black hole superradiance and evaporation in the string axiverse
M. Calza, J. Rosa, F. Serrano
arXiv:2306.09430 [hep-ph] (2023)
102 - Exposição: Ciência no Feminino 2.0
Constança Providência, Lucilia Brito, Rita Wolters
Rómulo Centro de Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra (2023)
