TOV Solvers

JESTER provides TOV (Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff) equation solvers to compute neutron star structure from a given equation of state. All solvers are JAX-accelerated and support automatic differentiation.

Available Solvers

General Relativity

Standard TOV solver in general relativity.

General Relativity TOV Solver

Modified Gravity

Scalar-tensor theories and alternative gravity frameworks.

Scalar-Tensor TOV Solver

Pressure Anisotropy

Post-TOV solver including anisotropic effects.

Pressure Anisotropy (AnisotropyTOV)