Constraining and applying a generic high-density equation of state

MG Alford, GF Burgio, S Han, G Taranto, D Zappalà - Physical Review D, 2015 - APS
We discuss the “constant speed of sound”(CSS) parametrization of the equation of state of
high-density matter and its application to the field correlator method (FCM) model of quark …

Properties of first-order hadron-quark phase transition from inverting neutron star observables

NB Zhang, BA Li - Physical Review C, 2023 - APS
By inverting the observational data of several neutron star observables in the three-
dimensional parameter space of the constant speed of sound (CSS) model while fixing all …

Bayesian analysis of the properties of hybrid stars with the Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model

A Pfaff, H Hansen, F Gulminelli - Physical Review C, 2022 - APS
The possible presence of deconfined matter in the cores of massive neutron stars is the
subject of a large debate. In this context, it is important to set limits on the size and …

Speed of sound for hadronic and quark phases in a magnetic field

EJ Ferrer, A Hackebill - Nuclear Physics A, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper we calculate the speed of sound for three phases that may exist inside a
magnetized hybrid neutron star at different density regions: A hadronic phase at low …

High-mass twins & resolution of the reconfinement, masquerade and hyperon puzzles of compact star interiors

D Blaschke, DE Alvarez-Castillo - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We aim at contributing to the resolution of three of the fundamental puzzles related to the still
unsolved problem of the structure of the dense core of compact stars (CS):(i) the hyperon …

Neutron star mass limit at 2M supports the existence of a CEP

D Alvarez-Castillo, S Benic, D Blaschke, S Han… - The European Physical …, 2016 - Springer
We point out that the very existence of a “horizontal branch” in the mass-radius
characteristics for neutron stars indicates a strong first-order phase transition and thus …

Quark matter in high-mass neutron stars?

R Lastowiecki, D Blaschke, T Fischer… - Physics of Particles and …, 2015 - Springer
The recent measurements of the masses of the pulsars PSR J1616-2230 and PSR J0348-
0432 provide independent proof for the existence of neutron stars with masses in range of 2 …

Impact of the nuclear equation of state on the formation of twin stars

NB Zhang, BA Li - arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.07396, 2024 - arxiv.org
Twin stars-two stable neutron stars (NSs) with the same mass but different radii have long
been proposed to appear as a consequence of a possible first-order phase transition in NS …

Mixed phase within the multi‐polytrope approach to high‐mass twins

D Alvarez‐Castillo, D Blaschke… - Astronomische …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We present a multi‐polytrope approach to describe high‐mass twins fulfilling chiral effective
field theory estimations of the neutron star equation of state and test it against the …

Mass-radius constraints for the neutron star EoS-Bayesian analysis

A Ayriyan, DE Alvarez-Castillo… - Journal of Physics …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We suggest a new Bayesian analysis (BA) using disjunct MR constraints for extracting
probability measures for cold, dense matter equations of state (EoS). One of the key issues …