3 papers
astro-ph.HE2026
Hybrid stars among mass gap objects are excluded by twin stars at
Alexander Ayriyan, David Blaschke, Marcin Dubaj +2
We investigate the question whether compact objects in the so called mass gap () can be neutron stars or hybrid stars. Using a generic hybrid star equation o…
astro-ph.SR2026
Stellar heavy-element slope index
Gerd Roepke, Friedrich K. Roepke, David Blaschke
The distribution of heavy elements in stars is described using a phenomenological approach, in which Lagrange parameters related to temperature and the chemical potentials of proto…
nucl-th2026
Revisiting the Rhoades-Ruffini bound
David Blaschke, Adrian Wojcik
We revisit the derivation of the Rhoades-Ruffini bound on the upper limit for the maximum mass of neutron stars and find that the assumption made there for the onset of an ultimate…