Quark phases in neutron stars consistent with implications of NICER

Y. Yamamoto, N. Yasutake, Th. A. Rijken

The analyses for the NICER data imply $R_{2.0M_{\odot }}=12.41_{-1.10}^{+1.00}$ km and $R_{1.4M_{\odot }}=12.56_{-1.07}^{+1.00}$ km, indicating the lack of significant variation of the r…