Neutron-quark stars: Discerning viable alternatives for the higher-density part of the equation of state of compact stars
| Autor: | Hensh, Sudipta, Huang, Yong-Jia, Kojo, Toru, Baiotti, Luca, Takami, Kentaro, Nagataki, Shigehiro, Sotani, Hajime |
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| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| Popis: | By taking into account the latest observations and theoretical constraints, we investigate the merger and post-merger of binary neutron stars (NSs) with general-relativistic numerical simulations employing hadronic and hybrid equations of state (EOSs). We name our hybrid stars neutron-quark stars (NQS), because the transition from hadrons to quarks starts at a density lower than the central density of $\sim 1 M_{\odot}$ stars. We address two viable scenarios for the transition to quark matter: a crossover or a strong first-order phase transition (1PT). We find that a crossover transition is in principle observable when both the inspiral and post-merger signals are detected because the post-merger gravitational-wave (GW) main frequency $f_2$ is generally lower than that of hadronic models with the same tidal deformability ($\Lambda$). Since it is viable according to current multi-messenger constraints, we also highlight the possibility of an EOS with a strong 1PT that takes place at 1.8 times the nuclear saturation density, with a stiff quark EOS after the transition. It is the first time that mergers of binary NQSs with a deconfined quark-matter core are studied numerically in full general relativity. In this case, although ($\Lambda$, compactness) lies significantly outside the hadronic relation, ($\Lambda$, $f_2$) is close to the relation valid for hadronic EOSs. We also point out a linear correlation, valid within the observational constraints and not sensitive to the presence of a hadron-quark transition, between the emitted energy in GWs and their frequency. Comment: 6+7 pages, 3+10 figures |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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