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Pulsar-like objects are extremely compact, with an average density that exceeds nuclear saturation density, where the fundamental strong interaction plays an essential role, particularly in the low-energy regime. The internal structures and…

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Implications of recently well-measured neutron star masses, particularly near and above 2 solar masses, for the equation of state (EOS) of neutron star matter are highlighted. Model-independent upper limits to thermodynamic properties in…

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The properties of dense QCD matter are delineated through the construction of equations of state which should be consistent with the low and high density limits of QCD, nuclear laboratory experiments, and the neutron star observations.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-12-12 Toru Kojo

We investigate the rotational properties of self-bound strange quark stars using two representative quark matter equations of state (EOS): the vector MIT bag model and the density-dependent quark mass (DDQM) model. Through…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-08 Adamu Issifu , Andreas Konstantinou , Franciele M. da Silva , Tobias Frederico

We perform an O(alpha_s^2) perturbative calculation of the equation of state of cold but dense QCD matter with two massless and one massive quark flavor, finding that perturbation theory converges reasonably well for quark chemical…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-06-22 Aleksi Kurkela , Paul Romatschke , Aleksi Vuorinen

The observations of compact star inspirals from LIGO/Virgo combined with mass and radius measurements from NICER provide a valuable tool to study the highly uncertain equation of state (EOS) of dense matter at the densities characteristic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-13 Wen-Li Yuan , Chun Huang , Chen Zhang , Enping Zhou , Renxin Xu

We explore the consequences of an equation of state (EOS) obtained in a confining Dyson-Schwinger equation model of QCD for the structure and stability of nonstrange quark stars at finite-T, and compare the results with those obtained using…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2010-03-04 D. Blaschke , H. Grigorian , G. Poghosyan , C. D. Roberts , S. Schmidt

The quark-gluon plasma close to the critical temperature is a strongly interacting system. Using strongly coupled, classical, non-relativistic plasmas as an analogy, we argue that the quark-gluon plasma is in the liquid phase. This allows…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Markus H. Thoma

It is still a matter of debate to understand the equation of state of cold supra-nuclear matter in compact stars because of unknown on-perturbative strong interaction between quarks. Nevertheless, it is speculated from an astrophysical view…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 X. S. Na , R. X. Xu

The equation of state (EoS) for cold dense matter inside neutron stars is investigated by using holographic QCD models in the framework of the Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton (EMD) system and the improved Karch-Katz-Son-Stephanov (KKSS) action for…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-12-14 Lin Zhang , Mei Huang

The properties of strange quark stars are studied within the quasi-particle model. Taking into account the chemical equilibrium and charge neutrality, the EOS of $ (2+1) $-flavor quark matter is obtained. We illustrate the parameter spaces…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-11-10 Wen-Hua Cai , Qing-Wu Wang

Solutions of the quark gap equation and the corresponding vacuum pressure are investigated within a modified Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model, which is a basic issue for studying the QCD equation of state (EOS) and the properties of hypothetical…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-27 Cheng-Ming Li , Guang-Hao Yu , Ya-Peng Zhao , Zhibin Li , Jin-Li Zhang , Yong-Liang Ma , Yong-Feng Huang

The transition to quark matter can take place in neutron stars. The structure of a hybrid star, containing a core made of quark matter is discussed. The maximum mass of the non-rotating hybrid star turns out to be 1.6 M_s. Possible…

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We review the transport properties of the strongly interacting quark-gluon plasma (QGP) created in heavy-ion collisions at ultrarelativistic energies, i.e. out-of equilibrium, and compare them to the equilibrium properties. The description…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-12-15 Olga Soloveva , Pierre Moreau , Elena Bratkovskaya

The masses and radii of non-rotating and rotating configurations of pure hadronic stars mixed with self-interacting fermionic Asymmetric Dark Matter are calculated within the two-fluid formalism of stellar structure equations in general…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-07-06 Somnath Mukhopadhyay , Debasis Atta , Kouser Imam , D. N. Basu , C. Samanta

The study of neutron stars, or more general compact stars, is a topic of central interest in nuclear astrophysics. Furthermore, neutron stars serve as the only physical systems whose properties can be used to infer information on cold and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-19 S. Schramm , V. Dexheimer , R. Negreiros , T. Schürhoff , J. Steinheimer

We consider a QCD cold plasma motivated Equation of State (EOS) to examine the impact of an Anomalous Magnetic Moment (AMM) coupling and small shape deformations for static oblate and prolate core shapes of quark stars. Using the Foga\c{c}a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-03-17 Keith Andrew , Eric Steinfelds , Kristopher Andrew

Recent advances in the study of equations of state of thermal lattice Quantum Chromodynamics obtained at non-zero baryon density allow validation of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) liquid model equations of state (EoS). We study here the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Letessier , J. Rafelski

Ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions at the laboratory provide a unique chance to study quantum chromodynamics (QCD) under extreme temperature (${\approx}150\,\mathrm{MeV}$) and density (${\approx}1\,\mathrm{GeV}/\mathrm{fm}^3$)…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-10-30 Georgios Konstantinos Krintiras

We propose that the reason for the non-ideal behavior seen in lattice simulation of quark gluon plasma (QGP) and relativistic heavy ion collisions (URHICs) experiments is that the QGP near T_c and above is strongly coupled plasma (SCP),…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 Vishnu M. Bannur