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Neutron star matter in the quark-meson coupling model in strong magnetic fields

Nuclear Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

The effects of strong magnetic fields on neutron star matter are investigated in the quark-meson coupling (QMC) model. The QMC model describes a nuclear many-body system as nonoverlapping MIT bags in which quarks interact through self-consistent exchange of scalar and vector mesons in the mean-field approximation. The results of the QMC model are compared with those obtained in a relativistic mean-field (RMF) model. It is found that quantitative differences exist between the QMC and RMF models, while qualitative trends of the magnetic field effects on the equation of state and composition of neutron star matter are very similar.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0610049,
  title  = {Neutron star matter in the quark-meson coupling model in strong magnetic fields},
  author = {P. Yue and H. Shen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0610049},
  year   = {2008}
}

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16 pages, 4 figures