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Hybrid Stars in the Framework of different NJL Models

Nuclear Theory 2017-09-06 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Solar and Stellar Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We compute models for the equation of state (EoS) of the matter in the cores of hybrid stars. Hadronic matter is treated in the non-linear relativistic mean-field approximation, and quark matter is modeled by three-flavor local and non-local Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (NJL) models with repulsive vector interactions. The transition from hadronic to quark matter is constructed by considering either a soft phase transition (Gibbs construction) or a sharp phase transition (Maxwell construction). We find that high-mass neutron stars with masses up to 2.12.4M2.1-2.4 M_\odot may contain a mixed phase with hadrons and quarks in their cores, if global charge conservation is imposed via the Gibbs conditions. However, if the Maxwell conditions is considered, the appearance of a pure quark matter core either destabilizes the star immediately (commonly for non-local NJL models) or leads to a very short hybrid star branch in the mass-radius relation (generally for local NJL models).

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@article{arxiv.1612.09485,
  title  = {Hybrid Stars in the Framework of different NJL Models},
  author = {G. A. Contrera and M. Orsaria and I. F. Ranea-Sandoval and F. Weber},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.09485},
  year   = {2017}
}

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7 pages, 4 figures. Contribution to the Proceedings of the VII International Workshop on Astronomy and Relativistic Astrophysics - IWARA 2016