@article{65052acab41e481ead6497b685ef6674,
title = "Mirror neutron stars",
abstract = "The fundamental nature of dark matter is entirely unknown. A compelling candidate is twin Higgs mirror matter, invisible hidden-sector cousins of the Standard Model particles and forces. This predicts mirror neutron stars made entirely of mirror nuclear matter. We find their structure using realistic equations of state, robustly modified based on first-principle quantum chromodynamic calculations, for the first time. This allows us to predict their gravitational wave signals, demonstrating an impressive discovery potential and ability to probe dark sectors connected to the hierarchy problem.",
author = "Mauricio Hippert and Jack Setford and Hung Tan and David Curtin and Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler and Nicolas Yunes",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to thank Veronica Dexheimer for useful discussions related to this work. M. H. thanks J{\"u}rgen Schaffner-Bielich for insightful comments. H. T. and N. Y. acknowledge financial support through NSF Grants No. PHY-1759615, No. PHY-1949838, and NASA ATP Grants No. 17-ATP17-0225, No. NNX16AB98G, and No. 80NSSC17M0041. The research of J. S. and D. C. was supported in part by a Discovery Grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and by the Canada Research Chair program. J. S. also acknowledges support from the University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science postdoctoral fellowship. J. N. H. acknowledges financial support by the US-DOE Nuclear Science Grant No. DESC0020633. This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF) within the framework of the MUSES collaboration, under Grant No. OAC-2103680. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 American Physical Society. ",
year = "2022",
month = aug,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.106.035025",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "106",
journal = "Physical Review D",
issn = "2470-0010",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "3",
}