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Structure of hybrid protoneutron stars within the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model
We investigate the structure of protoneutron stars (PNS) formed by hadronic
and quark matter in -equilibrium described by appropriate equations of
state (EOS). For the hadronic matter, we use a finite temperature EOS based on
the Brueckner-Bethe-Goldstone many-body theory, with realistic two- and
three-body forces. For the quark sector, we employ the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio
model. We find that the maximum allowed masses are comprised in a narrow range
around 1.8 solar masses, with a slight dependence on the temperature.
Metastable hybrid protoneutron stars are not found.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures, revised version accepted for publication in Phys.
Rev.
Hybrid neutron stars within the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model and confinement
Recently, it has been shown that the standard Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model
is not able to reproduce the correct QCD behavior of the gap equation at large
density, and therefore a different cutoff procedure at large momenta has ben
proposed. We found that, even with this density dependent cutoff procedure, the
pure quark phase in neutron stars (NS) interiors is unstable, and we argue that
this could be related to the lack of confinement in the original NJL model.Comment: 2 pages, 1 figure, to be published in the proceedings of the
conference EXOCT07, Catania, 11-15 June, 200
The Equation of State of Dense Matter : from Nuclear Collisions to Neutron Stars
The Equation of State (EoS) of dense matter represents a central issue in the
study of compact astrophysical objects and heavy ion reactions at intermediate
and relativistic energies. We have derived a nuclear EoS with nucleons and
hyperons within the Brueckner-Hartree-Fock approach, and joined it with quark
matter EoS. For that, we have employed the MIT bag model, as well as the
Nambu--Jona-Lasinio (NJL) and the Color Dielectric (CD) models, and found that
the NS maximum masses are not larger than 1.7 solar masses. A comparison with
available data supports the idea that dense matter EoS should be soft at low
density and quite stiff at high density.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, invited talk given at NPA3, Dresden, March 200
Astrophysical constraints on the confining models : the Field Correlator Method
We explore the relevance of confinement in quark matter models for the
possible quark core of neutron stars. For the quark phase, we adopt the
equation of state (EoS) derived with the Field Correlator Method, extended to
the zero temperature limit. For the hadronic phase, we use the microscopic
Brueckner-Hartree-Fock many-body theory. We find that the currently adopted
value of the gluon condensate , which gives
a critical temperature , produces maximum masses which
are only marginally consistent with the observational limit, while larger
masses are possible if the gluon condensate is increased.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Relativistic Approach to Superfluidity in Nuclear Matter
Pairing correlations in symmetric nuclear matter are studied within a
relativistic mean-field approximation based on a field theory of nucleons
coupled to neutral ( and ) and to charged () mesons.
The Hartree-Fock and the pairing fields are calculated in a self-consistent
way. The energy gap is the result of a strong cancellation between the scalar
and vector components of the pairing field. We find that the pair amplitude
vanishes beyond a certain value of momentum of the paired nucleons. This fact
determines an effective cutoff in the gap equation. The value of this cutoff
gives an energy gap in agreement with the estimates of non relativistic
calculations.Comment: 21 pages, REVTEX, 8 ps-figures, to appear in Phys.Rev.C. e-mail:
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Elementary excitations in homogeneous superfluid neutron star matter: Role of the proton component
The thermal evolution of neuron stars depends on the elementary excitations
affecting the stellar matter. In particular, the low-energy excitations, whose
energy is proportional to the transfered momentum, can play a major role in the
emission and propagation of neutrinos. In this paper, we focus on the density
modes associated with the proton component in the homogeneous matter of the
outer core of neutron stars (at density between one and three times the nuclear
saturation density, where the baryonic constituants are expected to be neutrons
and protons). In this region, it is predicted that the protons are
superconductor. We study the respective roles of the proton pairing and Coulomb
interaction in determining the properties of the modes associated with the
proton component. This study is performed in the framework of the Random Phase
Approximation, generalized in order to describe the response of a superfluid
system.The formalism we use ensures that the Generalized Ward's Identities are
satisfied. An important conclusion of this work is the presence of a
pseudo-Goldstone mode associated with the proton superconductor in neutron-star
matter. Indeed, the Goldstone mode, which characterizes a pure superfluid, is
suppressed in usual superconductors due to the long-range Coulomb interaction,
which only allows a plasmon mode. However, for the proton component of stellar
matter, the Coulomb field is screened by the electrons and a pseudo-Goldstone
mode occurs, with a velocity increased by the Coulomb interaction.Comment: Submitted for publicatio
Critical Enhancement of the In-medium Nucleon-Nucleon Cross Section at low Temperatures
The in-medium nucleon-nucleon cross section is calculated starting from the
thermodynamic T-matrix at finite temperatures. The corresponding
Bethe-Salpeter-equation is solved using a separable representation of the Paris
nucleon-nucleon-potential. The energy-dependent in-medium N-N cross section at
a given density shows a strong temperature dependence. Especially at low
temperatures and low total momenta, the in-medium cross section is strongly
modified by in-medium effects. In particular, with decreasing temperature an
enhancement near the Fermi energy is observed. This enhancement can be
discussed as a precursor of the superfluid phase transition in nuclear matter.Comment: 10 pages with 4 figures (available on request from the authors),
MPG-VT-UR 34/94 accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Elementary excitations in homogeneous neutron star matter
We study the collective density modes which can affect neutron-star
thermodynamics in the baryonic density range between nuclear saturation
() and . In this region, the expected constituents of
neutron-star matter are mainly neutrons, protons and electrons ( matter),
under the constraint of beta equilibrium. The elementary excitations of this
medium are studied in the RPA framework. We emphasize the effect of
Coulomb interaction, in particular the electron screening of the proton plasmon
mode. For the treatment of the nuclear interaction, we compare two modern
Skyrme forces and a microscopic approach. The importance of the nucleon
effective mass is observed.Comment: misprint corrected in Eq. (1
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