Equation of state for neutron stars with hyperons and quarks in the relativistic Hartree–Fock approximation
- Department of Physics, Soongsil University, Seoul 156-743 (Korea, Republic of)
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda 278-8510 (Japan)
We construct the equation of state (EoS) for neutron stars explicitly including hyperons and quarks. Using the quark–meson coupling model with the relativistic Hartree–Fock approximation, the EoS for hadronic matter is derived by taking into account the strange (σ* and ϕ) mesons as well as the light non-strange (σ, ω, π, and ρ) mesons. Relevant coupling constants are determined to reproduce the experimental data of nuclear matter and hypernuclei in SU(3) flavor symmetry. For quark matter, we employ the MIT bag model with a one-gluon-exchange interaction, and Gibbs criteria for chemical equilibrium in the phase transition from hadrons to quarks. We find that the strange vector (ϕ) meson and the Fock contribution make the hadronic EoS stiff, and that the maximum mass of a neutron star can be consistent with the observed mass of heavy neutron stars even if the coexistence of hadrons and quarks takes place in the core. However, in the present calculation, the transition to pure quark matter does not occur in stable neutron stars. Furthermore, the lower bound of the critical chemical potential of the quark–hadron transition at zero temperature turns out to be around 1.5 GeV in order to be consistent with the recent observed neutron-star data.
- OSTI ID:
- 22882427
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 813, Issue 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Since 2009, the country of publication for this journal is the UK.; ISSN 0004-637X
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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