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One of the most intriguing consequence of the extreme conditions inside neutron stars is the possibility of the natural existence of a deconfined strange quark matter phase in the high density interior of the star. The equation of state…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Schertler , C. Greiner , M. H. Thoma

(Abridged) Neutron stars (NSs), the densest known objects composed of matter, provide a unique laboratory to probe whether strange quark matter is the true ground state of matter. We investigate the parameter space of the equation of state…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-29 João V. Zastrow , Jonas P. Pereira , Rafael C. R. de Lima , Jorge E. Horvath

We report a new equation of state (EoS) of cold and hot hyperonic matter constructed in the framework of the quark-meson-coupling (QMC-A) model. The QMC-A EoS yields results compatible with available nuclear physics constraints and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-05-03 J. R. Stone , V. Dexheimer , P. A. M. Guichon , A. W. Thomas , S. Typel

Recent developments in the theory of pure neutron matter and experiments concerning the symmetry energy of nuclear matter, coupled with recent measurements of high-mass neutron stars, now allow for relatively tight constraints on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 James M. Lattimer , M. Prakash

This work studies the influence of scalar dark matter on the structural properties of strange quark stars (SQS) within a one-fluid framework, considering Yukawa interactions between dark matter and quark matter. Contributions from…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-03-14 J. Sedaghat , G. H. Bordbar , M. Haghighat , S. M. Zebarjad

The hypothesis that strange quark matter is the true ground state of matter has been investigated for almost four decades, but only a few works have explored the dynamics of binary systems of quark stars. This is partly due to the numerical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-04 Zhenyu Zhu , Luciano Rezzolla

Determining the phase structure of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) and its Equation of State (EOS) at densities and temperatures realized inside neutron stars and their mergers is a long-standing open problem. The holographic V-QCD framework…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-11 Tuna Demircik , Christian Ecker , Matti Järvinen , Luciano Rezzolla , Samuel Tootle , Konrad Topolski

The formulation of quarkyonic matter consists of treating both quarks and nucleons as quasi-particles, where a cross-over transition occurs between the two phases. This work is based upon some of the early ideas of quark matter. It can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-07 D. Dey , Jeet Amrit Pattnaik , H. C. Das , A. Kumar , R. N. Panda , S. K. Patra

Creation of strange quark stars through strong interaction deconfinement is studied based on modern estimates of hyperon formation in neutron stars. The hyperon abundance is shown to be large enough so that if strange quark matter (SQM) is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Shmuel Balberg

A quark model with running coupling and running strange quark mass, which is thermodynamically self-consistent at both high and lower densities, is presented and applied to study properties of strange quark matter and structure of compact…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-12-29 J. F. Xu , G. X. Peng , F. Liu , D. F. Hou , L. W. Chen

Strange quark stars (SQSs), namely compact stars entirely composed of deconfined quark matter, are characterized by similar masses and compactness to neutron stars (NSs) and have been theoretically proposed to exist in the Universe since…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-30 L. M. Becerra , F. Cipolletta , A. Drago , M. Guerrini , A. Lavagno , G. Pagliara , J. A. Rueda

We present results from long-term, numerical-relativity simulations of binary neutron star mergers modeled using both, fully tabulated, finite-temperature, equations of state and their corresponding hybrid representations. The simulations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-03 Davide Guerra , Milton Ruiz , Michele Pasquali , Pablo Cerdá-Durán , Arnau Rios , José A. Font

We investigate the properties of mixed stars formed by hadronic and quark matter in $\beta$-equilibrium described by appropriate equations of state (EOS) in the framework of relativistic mean-field theory. We use the non- linear Walecka…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 D. P. Menezes , C. Providencia

In simulations of binary neutron star mergers, the dense matter equation of state (EOS) is required over wide ranges of density and temperature as well as under conditions in which neutrinos are trapped, and the effects of magnetic fields…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-20 S. Lalit , M. A. A. Mamun , C. Constantinou , M. Prakash

We present a novel framework for the equation of state of dense and hot Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), which focuses on the region of the phase diagram relevant for neutron star mergers and core-collapse supernovae. The model combines…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-11-09 Tuna Demircik , Christian Ecker , Matti Järvinen

In numerical simulations of core-collapse supernova and binary neutron stars mergers, information about the energetics and composition of matter is implemented via external tables covering the huge ranges of thermodynamic conditions…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-09-11 Adriana R. Raduta , Mikhail V. Beznogov

Finite-temperature equation of state (EoS) and the composition of dense nuclear and hypernuclear matter under conditions characteristic of neutron star binary merger remnants and supernovas are discussed. We consider both neutrino…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-10-18 Armen Sedrakian , Arus Harutyunyan

Binary neutron star (NS) mergers with their subsequent fast-rotating supramassive magnetars are one attractive interpretation for at least some short gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs), based on the internal plateau commonly observed in the early…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-21 Ang Li , Zhen-Yu Zhu , Xia Zhou

Binary neutron star mergers probe the dense-matter equation of state (EoS) across a wide range of densities and temperatures, from the cold conditions of the inspiral to the high-temperature matter of the massive neutron star remnant. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-26 Carolyn A. Raithel , Vasileios Paschalidis

With the recent findings from various astrophysical results hinting towards possible existence of strange quark matters with the baryonic resonances such as $\Lambda^0, \Sigma^0, \Xi, \Omega$ in the core of neutron stars, we investigate the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-08-18 Hiranmaya Mishra , Prasanta K. Panigrahi , Sudhanwa Patra , Utpal Sarkar