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Massive $\Delta$-resonance admixed hypernuclear stars with anti-kaon condensations

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2021-03-05 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

In this work, we study the effect of (anti)kaon condensation on the properties of compact stars that develop hypernuclear cores with and without an admixture of Δ\Delta-resonances. We work within the covariant density functional theory with the parameters adjusted to KK-atomic and kaon-nucleon scattering data in the kaonic sector. The density-dependent parameters in the hyperonic sector are adjusted to the data on Λ\Lambda and Ξ\Xi^- hypernuclei data. The Δ\Delta-resonance couplings are tuned to the data obtained from their scattering off nuclei and heavy-ion collision experiments. We find that (anti)kaon condensate leads to a softening of the equation of state and lower maximum masses of compact stars than in the absence of the condensate. Both the KK^- and Kˉ0\bar K^0-condensations occur through a second-order phase transition, which implies no mixed-phase formation. For large values of (anti)kaon and Δ\Delta-resonance potentials in symmetric nuclear matter, we observe that condensation leads to an extinction of Ξ,0 \Xi^{-,0} hyperons. We also investigate the influence of inclusion of additional hidden-strangeness σ\sigma^{*} meson in the functional and find that it leads to a substantial softening of the equation of state and delay in the onset of (anti)kaons.

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@article{arxiv.2102.08787,
  title  = {Massive $\Delta$-resonance admixed hypernuclear stars with anti-kaon condensations},
  author = {Vivek Baruah Thapa and Monika Sinha and Jia Jie Li and Armen Sedrakian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.08787},
  year   = {2021}
}

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14 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D