Published 2022 | Version v1
Journal article

Can we distinguish quark stars from neutron stars with measurements of global properties?

Creators

  • 1. Department of Astronomy, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005 (China)

Description

The phase state of the dense stellar matter is an exciting topic in the area of nuclear astrophysics. It may be probed by observed properties of neutron stars from, for example, the currently operating satellites (NICER, Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) and the gravitational-wave laser interferometers (Advanced LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA). Based on our recent constrained parameter spaces of the equation of states of neutron stars and quark stars from LIGO/Virgo and NICER, we discuss the important role of an even-accurate determination of the stellar radius for distinguishing possible quark stars from neutron stars and our understanding of the QCD phase transition at finite density.

Availability note (English)

Available from https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2022/04/epjconf_nic16th2022_04001.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/0537b2002e7a497a9d3b1cf77b36c09c

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
EPJ. Web of Conferences
Journal Volume
260
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
2100-014X

Conference

Title
16. International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos
Dates
21-25 Sep 2021
Place
Chengdu (China)