Neutron star matter with Δ isobars in a relativistic quark model

Autor: R. N. Mishra, H. S. Sahoo, Prafulla K. Panda, Gautam Mitra, Bao-An Li
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Physical Review C. 98
ISSN: 2469-9993
2469-9985
DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.98.045801
Popis: The possibility of the appearance of $\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Delta}}$(1232) isobars in neutron star matter and the so-called $\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Delta}}$ puzzle is investigated in a relativistic quark model where the confining interaction for quarks inside a baryon is represented by a phenomenological average potential in an equally mixed scalar-vector harmonic form. The hadron-hadron interaction in nuclear matter is then realized by introducing additional quark couplings to $\ensuremath{\sigma}$, $\ensuremath{\omega}$, and $\ensuremath{\rho}$ mesons through mean-field approximations. The hyperon couplings are fixed from the hyperon optical potentials at saturation density. Effects of moderate variations in the $\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Delta}}\text{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\omega}$ and $\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Delta}}\text{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rho}$ coupling strengths on the critical density of forming $\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Delta}}$ resonances and on the mass-radius relation of neutron stars is studied. We have also made an attempt to study the impact of in-medium mass variations of the $\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Delta}}$ baryon on the structure of neutron stars. It is observed that, within the constraints of the masses of the precisely measured massive pulsars PSR J0348+0432 and PSR $\mathrm{J}1614\ensuremath{-}2230$, neutron stars with a composition of both $\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Delta}}$ isobars and hyperons are possible in the present model.
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