Published August 1999 | Version v1
Journal article

Neutron stars and quark phases in the Nambu endash Jona-Lasinio model

  • 1. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Universitaet Giessen, D-35392 Giessen (Germany)
  • 2. RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000 (United States)

Description

We study the possible existence of deconfined quark matter in the interior of neutron stars using the Nambu endash Jona-Lasinio model to describe the quark phase. We find that typical neutron stars with masses around 1.4 solar masses do not possess any deconfined quark matter in their center. This can be traced back to the property of the NJL model which suggests a large constituent strange quark mass over a wide range of densities. copyright 1999 The American Physical Society

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
60
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 025801
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN