Phases of Hadron-Quark Matter in (Proto) Neutron Stars
arXiv:1907.06591
Abstract
In the first part of this paper, we investigate the possible existence of a structured hadron-quark mixed phase in the cores of neutron stars. This phase, referred to as the hadron-quark pasta phase, consists of spherical blob, rod, and slab rare phase geometries. Particular emphasis is given to modeling the size othis phase in rotating neutron stars. We use the relativistic mean-field theory to model hadronic matter and the non-local three-flavor Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model to describe quark matter. Based on these models, the hadron-quark pasta phase exists only in very massive neutron stars, whose rotational frequencies are less than around 300 Hz. All other stars are not dense enough to trigger quark deconfinement in their cores. Part two of the paper deals with the quark-hadron composition of hot (proto) neutron star matter. To this end we use a local three-flavor Polyakov-Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model which includes the 't Hooft (quark flavor mixing) term. It is found that this term leads to non-negligible changes in the particle composition of (proto) neutron stars made of hadron-quark matter.
arXiv commentPaper presented at the conference "Compact Stars in the QCD Phase Diagram VII", 11 - 15 June 2018, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, New York, USA. To appear in the special issue "Compact Stars in the QCD Phase Diagram and in the Multi-Messenger Era of Astronomy" of the journal Universe
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