Hyperons in Neutron Stars

Sep 11, 2015
8 pages
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  • J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 668 (2016) 1, 012031
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Abstract: (IOP)
In this work I briefly review some of the effects of hyperons on the properties of neutron and proto-neutron stars. In particular, I revise the problem of the strong softening of the EoS, and the consequent reduction of the maximum mass, induced by the presence of hyperons, a puzzle which has become more intringuing and difficult to solve because of the recent measurements of the unusually high masses of the millisecond pulsars PSR J1903+0327 (1.667 ± 0.021M(⊙)), PSR J1614-2230 (1.97 ± 0.04M(⊙)), and PSR J0348+0432 (2.01 ± 0.04M(⊙)). Some of the solutions proposed to tackle this problem are discussed. Finally, I re-examine also the role of hyperons on the cooling properties of newly born neutron stars and on the so-called r-mode instability.
Note:
  • 8 pages, 3 figures. Plenary talk at the 15th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM2015), 6-11 July 2015, JINR, Dubna, Russia. To be published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
  • hyperon: effect
  • neutron star
  • protoneutron star
  • equation of state
  • stability
  • pulsar
  • hyperon