Two first-order phase transitions in hybrid compact stars: higher-order multiplet stars, reaction modes and intermediate conversion speeds

Autor: Peter B. Rau, Armen Sedrakian
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Popis: We study compact stars with hybrid equations of state consisting of a nuclear outer region and two nested quark phases, each separated from the lower density phase by a strong first-order phase transition. The stability of these models is determined by calculating their radial oscillation modes with different conversion rates between adjacent phases and hence junction conditions for the modes at the phase separation interface between them. In the case when the timescale of transition is faster than the period of oscillations, we recover the traditional stability criterion implying that $\partial M/\partial\rho_c>0$ on the stable branch(es), where $M$ is the mass and $\rho_c$ is the central density. In the opposite limit of slow conversion, we find stable stellar multiplets beyond triplets consisting of stars that are stable by the usual criterion plus slow-conversion (denoted by $s$) hybrid stars with $\partial M/\partial\rho_c
Comment: 11 pages, 14 figures
Databáze: OpenAIRE