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Hadron-Quark Crossover and Hot Neutron Stars at Birth

Nuclear Theory 2016-02-24 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We construct a new isentropic equation of state (EOS) at finite temperature "CRover" on the basis of the hadron-quark crossover at high density. By using the new EOS, we study the structure of hot neutron stars at birth with the typical lepton fraction (Yl=0.30.4Y_l=0.3-0.4) and the typical entropy per baryon (S=12S=1-2). Due to the gradual appearance of quark degrees of freedom at high density, the temperature T and the baryon density at the center of the hot neutron stars with the hadron-quark crossover are found to be smaller than those without the crossover by a factor of 2 or more. Typical energy release due to the contraction of a hot neutron star to a cold neutron star with 1.4 solarmass is shown to be about 0.04 solarmass with the spin-up rate about 14%.

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@article{arxiv.1506.00984,
  title  = {Hadron-Quark Crossover and Hot Neutron Stars at Birth},
  author = {Kota Masuda and Tetsuo Hatsuda and Tatsuyuki Takatsuka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.00984},
  year   = {2016}
}

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10 pages and 7 figures