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Towards a Stability Analysis of Inhomogeneous Phases in QCD
Theo F. Motta, Julian Bernhardt, Michael Buballa +1
The possible occurrence of crystalline or inhomogeneous phases in the QCD phase diagram at large chemical potential has been under investigation for over thirty years. Such phases…
Dense Nuclear Matter with Baryon Overlap
Jesper Leong, Theo F. Motta, Anthony W. Thomas +1
The possibility of new short-distance physics applicable inside the cores of NS is incorporated into the equation of state generated by the quark-meson coupling model. The contribu…
Consequences of neutron decay inside neutron stars
Wasif Husain, Theo F. Motta, Anthony W. Thomas
The hypothesis that neutrons might decay into dark matter is explored using neutron stars as a testing ground. It is found that in order to obtain stars with masses at the upper en…
The Role of Baryon Structure in Neutron Stars
Theo F. Motta, Anthony W. Thomas
Understanding the equation of state of dense nuclear matter is a fundamental challenge for nuclear physics. It is especially timely and interesting challenge as we have reached a p…
Improved Treatment of Dark Matter Capture in Neutron Stars III: Nucleon and Exotic Targets
Filippo Anzuini, Nicole F. Bell, Giorgio Busoni +4
We consider the capture of dark matter (DM) in neutron stars via scattering on hadronic targets, including neutrons, protons and hyperons. We extend previous analyses by including…
Temperature dependent appearance of exotic matter makes nascent neutron stars spin faster
Francisco Hernandez-Vivanco, Paul D. Lasky, Eric Thrane +5
Neutron stars offer the opportunity to study the behaviour of matter at densities and temperatures inaccessible to terrestrial experiments. Gravitational-wave observations of binar…
Nucleon Structure and Strong Interactions in Dark Matter Capture in Neutron Stars
Nicole F. Bell, Giorgio Busoni, Theo F. Motta +3
We outline two important effects that are missing from most evaluations of the dark matter capture rate in neutron stars. As dark matter scattering with nucleons in the star involv…
On the Speed of Sound in Hyperonic Stars
T. F. Motta, P. A. M. Guichon, A. W. Thomas
We build upon the remarkable, model independent constraints on the equation of state of dense baryonic matter established recently by Annala et al. [1]. Using the quark-meson coupl…
Do Delta Baryons Play a Role in Neutron Stars?
T. F. Motta, A. W. Thomas, P. A. M. Guichon
The presence of exotic hadrons, such as hyperons and isobars, in the dense nuclear matter in their cores has been shown to produce important changes in the properties of neutro…
Roles of crust and core in the tidal deformability of neutron stars
A. M. Kalaitzis, T. F. Motta, A. W. Thomas
With the recent measurement of GW170817 providing constraints on the tidal deformability of a neutron star, it is very important to understand what features of the equation of stat…
Isovector Effects in Neutron Stars, Radii and the GW170817 Constraint
T. F. Motta, A. M. Kalaitzis, S. Antić +3
An isovector-scalar meson is incorporated self-consistently into the quark-meson coupling description of nuclear matter and its most prominent effects on the structure of neutron s…
Neutron to Dark Matter Decay in Neutron Stars
T. F. Motta, P. A. M. Guichon, A. W. Thomas
Recent proposals have suggested that a previously unknown decay mode of the neutron into a dark matter particle could solve the long lasting measurement problem of the neutron deca…
Implications of Neutron Star Properties for the Existence of Light Dark Matter
T. F. Motta, P. A. M. Guichon, A. W. Thomas
It was recently suggested that the discrepancy between two methods of measuring the lifetime of the neutron may be a result of an unseen decay mode into a dark matter particle whic…
Compact stars with strongly coupled quark matter in a strong magnetic field
D. A. Fogaça, S. M. Sanches, T. F. Motta +1
Some time ago we have derived from the QCD Lagrangian an equation of state (EOS) for the cold quark matter, which can be considered an improved version of the MIT bag model EOS. Co…