Twin stars and the stiffness of the nuclear equation of state: Ruling out strong phase transitions below 1.7 n0 with the new NICER radius measurements

JE Christian, J Schaffner-Bielich - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We explore the connection between the stiffness of a hadronic equation of state (EoS) with a
sharp phase transition to quark matter to its tidal deformability. For this we employ a …

Confirming the existence of twin stars in a NICER way

JE Christian, J Schaffner-Bielich - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We demonstrate that future radius measurements of the NICER mission have the potential to
reveal the existence of a strong phase transition in dense neutron star matter by confirming …

Supermassive neutron stars rule out twin stars

JE Christian, J Schaffner-Bielich - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
We investigate the implications of a hypothetical 2.5 M⊙ neutron star in regard to the
possibility of a first order phase transition to quark matter. We use equations of state (EoS) of …

Which first order phase transitions to quark matter are possible in neutron stars?

JE Christian, J Schaffner-Bielich, S Rosswog - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
We examine which first order phase transitions are consistent with today's astrophysical
constraints. In particular, we explore how a well-constrained mass-radius data point would …

Classifications of twin star solutions for a constant speed of sound parameterized equation of state

JE Christian, A Zacchi, J Schaffner-Bielich - The European Physical …, 2018 - Springer
We explore the possible mass radius relation of compact stars for the equation of states with
a first order phase transition. The low density matter is described by a nuclear matter …

A conservative energy-momentum tensor in the f (R, T) gravity and its implications for the phenomenology of neutron stars

SI dos Santos Jr, GA Carvalho, P Moraes… - The European Physical …, 2019 - Springer
The solutions for the Tolmann-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) equation bring valuable
information about the macroscopical features of compact astrophysical objects as neutron …

HYBRID STARS IN THE LIGHT OF THE MASSIVE PULSAR PSR J1614− 2230

CH Lenzi, G Lugones - The Astrophysical Journal, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We perform a systematic study of hybrid star configurations using several parameterizations
of a relativistic mean-field hadronic equation of state (EoS) and the Nambu–Jona–Lasinio …

Model of hybrid star with baryonic and strange quark matter in Tolman–Kuchowicz spacetime

P Rej, P Bhar - International Journal of Geometric Methods in …, 2022 - World Scientific
The purpose of our work is to investigate some new features of a static anisotropic relativistic
hybrid compact star composed of strange quark matter (SQM) in the inner core and normal …

Effects of hadron–quark phase transition on properties of neutron stars

D Sen, TK Jha - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the possible scenario of deconfinement of hyperon rich hadronic matter to
quark matter at high densities and the resulting hybrid star (HS) properties are analyzed. In …

Vector interaction strength in Polyakov–Nambu–Jona-Lasinio<? format?> models from hadron-quark phase diagrams

O Lourenco, M Dutra, T Frederico, A Delfino… - Physical Review D …, 2012 - APS
We estimate the vector interaction strength of the Polyakov–Nambu–Jona-Lasinio (PNJL)
parametrizations, assuming that its transition curves should be as close as possible to the …