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Constraint on hybrid stars with gravitational wave events

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2020-12-07 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Motivated by the recent discoveries of compact objects from LIGO/Virgo observations, we study the possibility of identifying some of these objects as compact stars made of dark matter called dark stars, or the mix of dark and nuclear matters called hybrid stars. In particular, in GW190814, a new compact object with 2.6 MM_{\odot} is reported. This could be the lightest black hole, the heaviest neutron star, and a dark or hybrid star. In this work, we extend the discussion on the interpretations of the recent LIGO/Virgo events as hybrid stars made of various self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) in the isotropic limit. We pay particular attention to the saddle instability of the hybrid stars which will constrain the possible SIDM models.

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@article{arxiv.2011.05104,
  title  = {Constraint on hybrid stars with gravitational wave events},
  author = {Kilar Zhang and Feng-Li Lin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.05104},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

19 pages, 7 figures, for Universe special issue "Neutron Star Astrophysics"; v2: minor revisions, references added, published version