Neutron Stars in Relativistic Hadron - Quark Models
198722 pages
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- Annals Phys. 179 (1987) 272-293
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Neutron star properties are computed in relativistic models that contain both hadron and quark degrees of freedom. Neutron matter is assumed to have a low-density phase described by quantum hadrodynamics (QHD) and a high-density phase described by quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Several different QHD models and approximations are employed; all use parameters that reproduce the binding energy and density of equilibrium nuclear matter. Calculated neutron star properties depend primarily on the high-density equation of state and cannot be inferred from the symmetry energy or compressibility of equilibrium nuclear matter. If interactions are neglected in the QCD phase, the density of the hadron-quark phase transition is determined by one free parameters, which is the energy/volume needed to create a “bubble” that confines the quarks and gluons. Observed neutron star masses do not constrain this parameter, but stable neutron stars with quark cores can exist only for a limited range of parameter values. When second-order gluon-exchange corrections are included in the QCD phase, these conclusions are unchanged, and the parameter values that lead to stable hadronquark stars are restricted even further.- N: MATTER
- RELATIVISTIC
- MATTER: HADRONIC
- QUARK: MATTER
- THERMODYNAMICS: CRITICAL PHENOMENA
- APPROXIMATION: MEAN FIELD
- APPROXIMATION: HARTREE
- GLUON: EXCHANGE
- EXCHANGE: GLUON
- ENERGY: DENSITY
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