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Paper: A 2 M Pulsar and Equation of State of Neutron-Star Cores
Volume: 466, Electromagnetic Radiation from Pulsars and Magnetars
Page: 151
Authors: Haensel, P.; Zdunik, J. L.
Abstract: Recent discovery of a 2 M pulsar puts interesting constraints on the equation of state (EOS) of neutron-star cores: it has to be stiff enough to yield maximum allowable mass of neutron stars Mmax > 2 M. The problem of a too low Mmax for neutron-star models based on recent realistic baryon interaction, due to a strong hyperon softening of the EOS at ρ > 5 × 1014 g cm-3, is discussed. Mmax > 2 M points to an additional strong repulsion between hyperons at ρ > 5 × 1014 g cm-3, and models of such repulsive interaction have been recently proposed. Another possibility allowing for Mmax > 2 M is the presence of a sufficiently stiff quark matter, with quark phase starting already at 5 × 1014 g cm-3. A continuum of quark-matter EOS-models is proposed, and constraints on the EOS-model-parameters resulting from Mmax > 2 M are discussed. We also consider the problem of thermodynamic stability of quark-matter cores, and its impact on Mmax.
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