https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2006-10260-0
QNP 2006
Phase diagram of neutron star quark matter in nonlocal chiral models
1
CONICET, Rivadavia 1917, 1033, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2
Dpto. de Fısica, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, C.C. 67, 1900, La Plata, Argentina
3
Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock, Universitätsplatz 3, D-18051, Rostock, Germany
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Instytut Fizyki Teoretycznej, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, pl. M. Borna 9, 50-204, Wrocław, Poland
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JINR Dubna, Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joliot-Curie Street 6, 141980, Dubna, Russia
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Physics Department, Comisión Nacional de Energıa Atómica, Av. Libertador 8250, 1429, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung mbH, Planckstr. 1, D-64291, Darmstadt, Germany
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Universidad Favaloro, Solís 453, 1078, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Received:
23
November
2006
Accepted:
30
November
2006
Published online:
15
March
2007
We analyze the phase diagram of two-flavor quark matter under neutron star constraints for a nonlocal covariant quark model within the mean-field approximation. Applications to cold compact stars are discussed.
PACS: 12.38.Mh Quark-gluon plasma – / 24.85.+p Quarks, gluons, and QCD in nuclei and nuclear processes – / 26.60.+c Nuclear matter aspects of neutron stars – / 97.60.-s Late stages of stellar evolution (including black holes) –
© Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag, 2007
