Restricting quark matter models by gravitational wave observation

Abstract

We consider the possibilities for obtaining information about the equation of state for quark matter by using future direct observational data on gravitational waves. We study the nonradial oscillations of both fluid and spacetime modes of pure quark stars. If we observe the $f$ and the lowest $w_{\mathrm{II}}$ modes from quark stars, by using the simultaneously obtained radiation radius we can constrain the bag constant $B$ with reasonable accuracy, independently of the $s$ quark mass.

To appear in Phys. Rev. D