Publications [LaTeX]

Books

Chapters of Books

1 - Comparison of equation of state models with different cluster dissolution mechanisms
Helena Pais and Stefan Typel
Chapter 4 of Nuclear Particle Correlations and Cluster Physics, edited W. U. Schroder, World Scientific (2017) (eprint arXiv:1612.07022 [nucl-th]) (2017)

Papers

International Journals

2 - A baryons in neutron stars
K.D. Marquez, D.P. Menezes, H. Pais, C. Providência
Phys. Rev. C 106 (5), 055801 (2024)

3 - 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)

4 - 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)

5 - 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)

6 - Unified neutron star equations of state calibrated to nuclear properties
Tuhin Malik, Helena Pais, Constança Providência
Astron.Astrophys. (A&A) 689, A242 (2024)

7 - 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)

8 - Strong magnetic fields and pasta phases reexamined
Luigi Scurto, Helena Pais, Francesca Gulminelli
Phys. Rev. C 107, 045806 (2023)

9 - 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)

10 - Landau parameters and entrainment matrix of cold stellar matter: effect of the symmetry energy and strong magnetic fields
Helena Pais, Oleksii Ivanytskyi, Constança Providência
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 04, 024, 024 (2022)

11 - Delta baryons in neutron stars
Kauan D. Marquez, Débora P. Menezes, Helena Pais, Constança Providência
Phys. Rev. C 106, 055801 (2022)

12 - Heavy baryons in hot stellar matter with light nuclei and hypernuclei
Tiago Custódio, Helena Pais, Constança Providência
Phys. Rev. C 105, 065803 (2022)

13 - Inner crust equations of state for CompOSE
Tuhin Malik, Helena Pais
Eur. Phys. J. A 58, 154 (2022)

14 - CompOSE reference manual
S Typel, M Oertel, T Klahn, D Chatterjee, V Dexheimer, C Ishizuka, M Mancini, J Novak, H Pais, C Providencia, AR Raduta, M Servillat, L Tolos
Eur. Phys. J. A 58(11), 221 (2022)

15 - Pasta phases in neutron stars under strong magnetic fields
Xiaopeng Wang, Jing Li, Jianjun Fang, Helena Pais, Constança Providência
Phys. Rev. D 105, 063004 (2022)

16 - A Nonequilibrium Information Entropy Approach to Ternary Fission of Actinides
G. Röpke, J. B. Natowitz, H. Pais
Phys. Rev. C 103, L061601 (2021)

17 - Strong magnetic fields: neutron stars with an extended inner crust
Helena Pais, Bruno Bertolino, Jianjun Fang, Xiaopeng Wang, Constança Providência
Eur. Phys. J. A 57, 193-1-193-9 (2021)

18 - Critical properties of calibrated relativistic mean-field models for the transition to warm, nonhomogeneous nuclear and stellar matter
Olfa Boukari, Helena Pais, Sofija Antić, Constança Providência
Phys. Rev. C 103, 055804 (2021)

19 - Binding energy shifts from heavy-ion experiments in a nuclear statistical equilibrium model
S. Mallik, H. Pais, F. Gulminelli
Eur. Phys. J. A 27, 262 (2021)

20 - Light hyperclusters and hyperons in low-density hot stellar matter
Tiago Custódio, Helena Pais, Constança Providência
Phys. Rev. C 104, 035801 (2021)

21 - Light element (Z=1,2) production from spontaneous ternary fission of $^{252}$Cf
G. R\"opke, J.B. Natowitz, H. Pais
Eur. Phys. J. A 56, 238 (2020)

22 - Improved method for the experimental determination of in-medium effects from heavy-ion collisions
Helena Pais, Rémi Bougault, Francesca Gulminelli, Constança Providência et al
J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 47, 105204 (2020)

23 - Low-density in-medium effects on light clusters from heavy-ion data
Helena Pais, Rémi Bougault, Francesca Gulminelli, Constança Providência, et al
Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 012701 (2020)

24 - Neutron star inner crust: Effects of rotation and magnetic fields
Ivo Sengo, Helena Pais, Bruno Franzon, Constança Providência
Phys. Rev. D 102, 063013 (2020)

25 - Isotopic equilibrium constants for very low-density and low-temperature nuclear matter
J. B. Natowitz, H. Pais, G. Roepke, J. Gauthier, K. Hagel, M. Barbui, R. Wada
Phys. Rev. C 102, 064621 (2020)

26 - Light clusters in warm stellar matter: calibrating the cluster couplings
Tiago Custódio, Alexandre Falcão, Helena Pais, Constança Providência, Francesca Gulminelli, Gerd Roepke
European Physical Journal A 56, 295 (2020)

27 - Hyperonic Stars and the Nuclear Symmetry Energy
Constança Providência, Morgane Fortin, Helena Pais, Aziz Rabhi
Front. Astron. Space Sci 6 (2019)

28 - Full distribution of clusters with universal couplings and in-medium effects
Helena Pais, Francesca Gulminelli, Constança Providência, Gerd Röpke
Phys. Rev. C 99, 055806 (2019)

29 - Limiting magnetic field for minimal deformation of a magnetised neutron star
R. O. Gomes, H. Pais, V. Dexheimer, C. Providência, S. Schramm
Astronomy & Astrophysics Journal 627, A61 (2019)

30 - What do we learn about vector interactions from GW170817?
Veronica Dexheimer, Rosana de Oliveira Gomes, Stefan Schramm, Helena Pais
J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 46, 034002 (2019)

31 - Light clusters in warm stellar matter: explicit mass shifts and universal cluster-meson couplings
Helena Pais, Francesca Gulminelli, Constança Providência, Gerd Röpke
Phys. Rev. C 97, 045805 (2018)

32 - Stability of the neutron-proton-electron matter under strong magnetic fields: The covariant Vlasov approach
Sidney Avancini, B. P. Bertolino, Aziz Rabhi, Jianjun Fang, Helena Pais, and Constança Providência
Phys. Rev. C 98, 025805 (2018)

33 - Crust-core transition of a neutron star: effects of the symmetry energy and temperature under strong magnetic fields
Jianjun Fang, Helena Pais, Sagar Pratapsi, Constança Providência
Phys. Rev. C 95 (Rapid Communication) 95, 062801 (2017)

34 - Effect of strong magnetic fields on the crust-core transition and inner crust of neutron stars
Jianjun Fang, Helena Pais, Sagar Pratapsi, Sidney Avancini, Jing Li, Constança Providência
Phys. Rev. C 95, 045802 (2017)

35 - Warm unstable asymmetric nuclear matter: critical properties and the density dependence of the symmetry energy
N. Alam, H. Pais, C. Providência, B. K. Agrawal
Phys. Rev. C 95, 055808 (2017)

36 - Light Clusters and Pasta Phases in Warm and Dense Nuclear Matter
Sidney S. Avancini, Márcio Ferreira, Helena Pais, Constança Providência, Gerd Röpke.
Phys. Rev. C 95, 045804 (2017)

37 - Correlation of the neutron star crust-core properties with the slope of the symmetry energy and the lead skin thickness
H. Pais, A. Sulaksono, B. K. Agrawal, C. Providência
Phys. Rev. C 93, 045802 (2016)

38 - Neutron stars: From the inner crust to the core with the (extended) Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model
Helena Pais, Débora P. Menezes, Constança Providência
Phys. Rev. C 93, 065805 (2016)

39 - The Vlasov formalism for extended relativistic mean field models: the crust-core transition and the stellar matter equation of state
Helena Pais, Constança Providência
Phys. Rev. C 94, 015808 (2016)

40 - Larger and more heterogeneous neutron star crusts: A result of strong magnetic fields
Jianjun Fang, Helena Pais, Sidney Avancini, and Constança Providência
Phys. Rev. C 94, 062801(R) (2016)

41 - Strong correlations of neutron star radii with the slopes of nuclear matter incompressibility and symmetry energy at saturation
N. Alam, B. K. Agrawal, M. Fortin, H. Pais, C. Providência, Ad. R. Raduta, A. Sulaksono
Phys. Rev. C 94, 052801(R) (2016)

42 - Light clusters, pasta phases and phase transitions in core-collapse supernova matter
Helena Pais, Silvia Chiacchiera, Constança Providência
Phys. Rev. C 91, 055801 (2015)

43 - Equation of state and thickness of the inner crust of neutron stars
Fabrizio Grill, Helena Pais, Constança Providência, Isaac Vidaña, Sidney S. Avancini
Phys. Rev. C 90, 045803 (2014)

44 - Phase transitions in core-collapse supernova matter at sub-saturation densities
Helena Pais, William G. Newton, and Jirina R. Stone
Phys. Rev. C 90, 065802 (2014)

45 - Exploring the Nuclear Pasta Phase in Core-Collapse Supernova Matter
Helena Pais and Jirina R. Stone
Physical Review Letters 109, 151101 (2012)

46 - Dynamical properties of nuclear and stellar matter and the symmetry energy
Helena Pais, Alexandre Santos, L. Brito and C. Providência
Physical Review C 82, 025801 (2010)

47 - Quark-hadron phase transition in a neutron star under strong magnetic fields
A. Rabhi, H. Pais, P. K. Panda, C. Providência
J. Phys. G 36, 115204 (2009)

48 - Dynamical instabilities of warm npe matter: δ meson effects
Helena Pais, Alexandre Santos, and Constança Providência
Physical Review C 80, 045808 (2009)

Proceedings

International Conferences

49 - Física Nuclear nas Estrelas
Ivo Sengo, Helena Pais, Constança Providência
Contribution in M. Abreu & . N. Garcia (Eds.), Física para o desenvolvimento equilibrado – um contributo [Physics for sustainable development – a contribution] (pp. 393–400). União dos Físicos de Países de Língua Portuguesa. ISBN: 978-85-89064-34-7. (2020)

50 - Light and heavy clusters in warm stellar matter
Helena Pais, Francesca Gulminelli, Constança Providência, Gerd Röpke
Nucl. Sci. Tech. 29, 181 (2018)

51 - Comparison of EoS models with different cluster suppression mechanisms
Stefan Typel, Helena Pais
Nuovo Cim. C 39, 393 (2017)

52 - Pasta phases in core-collapse supernova matter
Helena Pais, Silvia Chiacchiera, and Constança Providência
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 706, 042007 (2016)

53 - Emergence of new correlations between neutron star radii and nuclear matter properties
N. Alam, B. K. Agrawal, H. Pais, C. Providência, A. Sulaksono
DAE Symp. Nucl. Phys. 61, 900 (2016) 61, 900 (2016)

54 - Core-collapse supernova matter: light clusters, pasta phase and phase transitions
Helena Pais, Constança Providência, William G. Newton, and Jirina R. Stone
eprint arXiv:1503.08753 (2015)

55 - Dynamical instabilities of warm npe matter: the delta meson effects
H. Pais, A. Santos, C. Providência
AIP Conference Proceedings 1231, 231-232 (2010)

Communications

Invited

56 - 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)

57 - 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)

58 - Constraining the low-density neutron star equation of state from heavy-ion collisions
Helena Pais
Invited speaker of the NuSym22, X International Symposium on Nuclear Symmetry Energy, held in Catania, Italy, September 2022. (2022)

59 - Clusters, heavy baryons and strong magnetic fields: how complex is the neutron star non-homogeneous matter?
Helena Pais
Invited as a review speaker of the final International PHAROS Conference 2022 held at La Sapienza University in Rome, Italy. (2022)

60 - Constraining the low-density neutron star equation of state from heavy-ion collisions
Helena Pais
Invited for a review talk on the “Nuclear dynamics and thermodynamics” session of the GANIL Colloque 2021, held in Autrans-M ́eaudre en Vercors, France. (2021)

61 - The equation of state for warm stellar matter: light and heavy clusters
Helena Pais
Invited lecturer at the Carpathian Summer School of Physics 2020 in 2021, held in Sinaia, Romania, August 2021. (2021)

62 - Light clusters and pasta phases in warm stellar matter
Helena Pais
Invited talk at the "Light clusters and nuclei and nuclear matter: Nuclear structure and decay, heavy ion collisions, and astrophysics" ECT* Workshop, Trento, Italy, September 4 (2019)

63 - Neutron Star Crust: open questions
Helena Pais
Invited as a discussion moderator on the neutron star crust re- search topic at the Investigating Crust of Neutron Stars (ICONS 2019) Workshop, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 17. (2019)

64 - Light clusters and pasta phases in warm stellar matter
Helena Pais
Invited talk at the Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA, December 4 (2019)

65 - Light and heavy clusters in warm stellar matter
Helena Pais
Invited talk given at the Women in Nuclear and Hadron Theoretical Physics: the last frontier (WTPLF 2018), Genova, Italy, December 11. (2018)

66 - The crust-core transition and the stellar matter equation of state
Helena Pais
Invited talk given at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA, January 24th (2018)

67 - The crust-core transition and the stellar matter equation of state
Helena Pais
Invited talk given at GANIL, Caen, France, April 20th (2018)

68 - Light and heavy clusters in warm stellar matter
Helena Pais
Invited talk given at the International workshop on nuclear dynamics in heavy-ion reactions (IWND 2018), Huzhou, Zhejiang, China, June 12th (2018)

69 - The crust-core transition and the stellar matter equation of state
Helena Pais
Invited talk given at the Physics Department, Qufu Normal University, Shandong, China, June 21st. (2017)

70 - The crust-core transition and the stellar matter equation of state
Helena Pais
Invited talk given at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, December 21st (2017)

Oral

71 - Light and heavy clusters in warm stellar matter
Helena Pais
Talk given at the ICONS: Investigating Crusts of Neutron Stars, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 15-17 (2019)

72 - Light and heavy clusters in warm stellar matter
Helena Pais
Talk given at the PHAROS Working Group Meeting WWG1+WG2, Coimbra, Portugal, September 26-28 (2018)

73 - The crust-core transition and the stellar matter equation of state
Helena Pais
Talk given at the Annual NewCompStar Conference 2017, Warsaw, Poland, March 27-31 (2017)

74 - The crust-core transition and the stellar matter equation of state
Helena Pais
Talk given at the Nuclear Physics, Compact Stars, and Compact Stars Mergers (NPCSM 2016) long-term Workshop, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical physics, Kyoto, Japan (2016)

75 - Pasta phases in core-collapse supernova matter
Helena Pais
Talk given at the Annual NewCompStar Conference 2015, Budapest, Hungary, June 15-19 (2015)

76 - The nuclear pasta phase
Helena Pais
Talk given at Mini-workshop do Grupo Fisica Hadronica, Department of Physics, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil, April 22 (2015)

77 - Pasta phases in core-collapse supernova matter
Helena Pais
Talk given at the XIII International Workshop on Hadron Physics (XIII Hadron Physics), Angra dos Reis, RJ, Brazil, March 22 - 27 (2015)

78 - Core-collapse supernova matter: light clusters, pasta phases and phase transitions
Helena Pais
Talk given at the Compact Stars in the QCD Phase Diagram IV Workshop, Prerow, Germany, September 26 - 29 (2014)

79 - Nuclear pasta phase in core-collapse supernova matter
Helena Pais
Talk given at the NewCompStar 2014 Conference, The Structure and Signals of Neutron Stars, from Birth to Death, Florence, Italy, March 24-28 (2014)

80 - Core-collapse supernova matter: light clusters, pasta phases and phase transitions
Helena Pais
Talk given at the Nuclear Equation of State for Compact Stars and Supernovae (NEOS2014) Workshop, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), Germany, December 3 - 5 (2014)

81 - 3D EoS for supernovae and neutron stars simulations: the transition between uniform and non-uniform matter
Helena Pais
Talk given at the CompStar2011 School and Workshop, Gravitational Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation from Compact Stars, Catania, Italy, 3-12 May (2011)

Poster

82 - The Liquid-gas phase transition with the temperature-dependent DD-NLD model
S. Antic, H. Pais, S. Typel, and C. Providência
Annual NewCompStar School 2016, Coimbra, Portugal (2016)

83 - 3D EoS for SN and NS simulations: the phase transition between uniform and non-uniform matter
Helena Pais, Jirina R. Stone, William G. Newton
International Workshop on Baryon and Lepton Number Violation, Gatlinburg, TN, USA, September 22-24 (2011)

84 - Dynamical instabilities of warm npe matter: the δ meson effects
Helena Pais, Alexandre Santos, Constança Providência
International Scientific Meeting on Nuclear Physics: Basic concepts in Nuclear Physics: theory, experiments and applications, La Rabida (Huelva), Spain, July 4-10 (2009)

85 - Quark stars in a strong magnetic field
Helena Pais, Constança Providência, Aziz Rabhi
CompStar2009 Workshop, The New Physics of Compact Stars, Coimbra, Portugal, February 5-13 (2009)

Thesis

86 - Three Dimensional Equation of State for Core-Collapse Supernova Matter
Helena Pais (supervisor Jirina R. Stone)
PhD thesis, University of Tennessee - Knoxville (2013)

87 - Estrelas de quarks num campo magnético forte
Helena Pais (supervisor Constança Providência)
MSc thesis, University of Coimbra (2008)

Helena Sofia Pais