90 research outputs found
Comment on “Tidal Love numbers of neutron and self-bound quark stars”
We comment on the paper of S. Postnikov et al. [Phys. Rev. D 82, 024016 (2010)] and give a modified formula that needs to be taken into account when calculating the tidal Love number of neutron stars in case a first order phase-transition occurs at nonzero pressure. We show that the error made when using the original formula tends to zero as p->0, and we estimate the maximum relative error to be ∼5% if the density discontinuity is at larger densities
Hybrid star construction with the extended linear sigma model: preliminary results
The interior of compact stars is usually divided into two major parts, the outer part called crust and the inner part called core. There are several possibilities for the composition of these parts. One is a hybrid star, in which the crust contains nuclear matter, while the inner core contains quark matter. Since at large baryon densities one can work with effective models, and nuclear and quark matter are usually described by different models, some unification of the two parts is needed. We show two different approaches for a composite model and some recent developments in hybrid star constructions using the extended linear sigma model for modeling the quark matter at the core
Eccentricity distributions of eccentric binary black holes in galactic nuclei
Galactic nuclei are expected to be one of the main sites for formations of
eccentric binary black holes (EBBHs), with an estimated detection rate of
yr with Advanced LIGO (aLIGO) detectors operating
at design sensitivity. The two main formation channels of these binaries are
gravitational capture and the secular Kozai-Lidov mechanism, with expectedly
commensurable formation rates. We used Monte Carlo simulations to construct the
eccentricity distributions of EBBHs formed through these channels in galactic
nuclei, at the time their gravitational-wave signals enter the aLIGO band at
Hz. We have found that the proportion of binary black holes entering the
aLIGO band with eccentricities larger than is percent for the
secular Kozai-Lidov mechanism, and percent for gravitational capture.
We show that if future EBBH detection rates with aLIGO will be dominated by
EBBHs formed in galactic nuclei, then the proportions of EBBHs formed through
the two main channels can be constrained to a wide
one-sigma confidence interval with a few tens of observations, even if
parameter estimation errors are taken into account at realistic levels.Comment: 13 pages, 6 figures, typos correcte
What neutron stars tell about the hadron-quark phase transition: a Bayesian study
The existence of quark matter inside the heaviest neutron stars has been the
topic of numerous recent studies, many of them suggesting that a phase
transition to strongly interacting conformal matter inside neutron stars is
feasible. Here we examine this hybrid star scenario using a soft and a stiff
hadronic model, a constituent quark model with three quark flavours, and
applying a smooth crossover transition between the two. Within a Bayesian
framework, we study the effect of up-to-date constraints from neutron star
observations on the equation-of-state parameters and various neutron star
observables. Our results show that a pure quark core is only possible if the
maximum mass of neutron stars is below . However, we also
find, consistently with other studies, that a peak in the speed of sound,
exceeding , is highly favoured by astrophysical measurements, which might
indicate the percolation of hadrons at . Even though our prediction
for the phase transition parameters varies depending on the specific
astrophysical constraints utilized, the position of the speed of sound peak
only changes slightly, while the existence of pure quark matter below , using our parameterization, is disfavoured. On the other hand, the
preferred range for the EoS shows signs of conformality above .
Additionally, we present the difference in the upper bounds of radius estimates
using the full probability density data and sharp cut-offs, and stress the
necessity of using the former.Comment: 23 pages, 13 figures, accepted by Phys. Rev.
Neutron star properties with careful parameterization in the (axial)vector meson extended linear sigma model
The existence of quark matter inside the cores of heavy neutron stars is a
possibility which can be probed with modern astrophysical observations. We use
an (axial)vector meson extended quark-meson model to describe quark matter in
the core of neutron stars. We discover that an additional parameter constraint
is necessary in the quark model to ensure chiral restoration at high densities.
By investigating hybrid star sequences with various parameter sets we show that
low sigma meson masses are needed to fulfill the upper radius constraints, and
that the maximum mass of stable hybrid stars is only slightly dependent on the
parameters of the crossover-type phase transition. Using this observation and
results from recent astrophysical measurements a constraint of 2.6 < g_V < 4.3
is set for the constituent quark - vector meson coupling. The effect of a
nonzero bag constant is also investigated and we observe that its effect is
small for values adopted in previous works.Comment: 15 pages, 12 figure
Modeling Schumann resonances with schupy
Schupy is an open-source python package aimed at modeling and analyzing Schumann resonances (SRs), the global electromagnetic resonances of the Earth-ionosphere cavity resonator in the lowest part of the extremely low frequency band (<100 Hz). Its very-first function forward_tdte applies the solution of the 2-D telegraph equation introduced recently by Prácser et al. (2019) for a uniform cavity and is able to determine theoretical SR spectra for arbitrary source-observer configurations. It can be applied for both modeling extraordinarily large SR-transients or “background” SRs excited by incoherently superimposed lightning strokes within an extended source region. Three short studies are presented which might be important for SR related research. With the forward_tdte function our aim is to provide a medium complexity numerical background for the interpretation of SR observations. We would like to encourage the community to join our project in developing open-source analyzing capacities for SR research as part of the schupy package
Compact star properties from an extended linear sigma model
The equation of state provided by effective models of strongly interacting
matter should comply with the restrictions imposed by current astrophysical
observations of compact stars. Using the equation of state given by the
(axial-)vector meson extended linear sigma model, we determine the mass-radius
relation and study whether these restrictions are satisfied under the
assumption that most of the star is filled with quark matter. We also compare
the mass-radius sequence with those given by the equations of state of somewhat
simpler models.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figure
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