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中子星质量极限在$2M_\odot$支持存在一个CEP

Neutron star mass limit at $2M_\odot$ supports the existence of a CEP

D. Alvarez-Castillo, S. Benic, D. Blaschke, Sophia Han, S. Typel

摘要:

我们指出,中子星质量-半径特性曲线中“水平分支”的存在表明了一级相变的强烈性,从而支持了QCD相图中一级相变临界端点(CEP)的存在.这一分支将对一系列具有夸克物质核心的混合星进行采样,从而导致具有最高可能重子密度的稳定致密恒星配置的终点。既然我们知道存在具有$2M_\odot$的致密恒星,那么这个假设的分支必须位于这个质量值附近,如果它存在的话。我们在这里报告的最大半径的水平分支和强子夸克物质相变的开始,这可能是一个普遍的量的最大相关性与即将进行的实验在NICA和FAIR的重离子碰撞的压力之间的相关性。

英文摘要:

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 supports the existence of a critical endpoint (CEP) of first order phase transitions in the QCD phase diagram. This branch would sample a sequence of hybrid stars with quark matter core, leading to the endpoint of stable compact star configurations with the highest possible baryon densities. Since we know of the existence of compact stars with $2M_\odot$, this hypothetical branch has to lie in the vicinity of this mass value, if it exists. We report here a correlation between the maximal radius of the horizontal branch and the pressure at the onset of hadron-to-quark matter phase transition which is likely to be a universal quantity of utmost relevance to the upcoming experiments with heavy-ion collisions at NICA and FAIR.

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