Isovector Scalar Field Effects in Asymmetric Nuclear Matter

Density-dependent parametrization models of the nucleon-meson coupfing constants, including the isovector scalar δ-field, are applied to asymmetric nuclear matter. The nuclear equation of state （EOS） and the neutron star properties are studied in a relativistic Lagrangian density, using the relativistic mean field （RMF） hadron theory. It is known that the δ-field in the constant coupling scheme leads to a larger repulsion in dense neutron-rich matter and to a definite splitting of proton and neutron effective masses, finally influences the stability of the neutron stars. We use density-dependent models of the nucleon-meson couplings to study the properties of neutron star matter and to reexamine the （~-field effects in asymmetric nuclear matter. Our calculation shows that the stability conditions of the neutron star matter can be improved in presence of the δ-meson in the density-dependent models of the coupling constants. The EOS of nuclear matter strongly depends on the density dependence of the interactions.     

Hadron-quark phase transition in neutron stars

We study the hadron-quark phase transition in the interior of neutron stars. The relativistic mean field (RMF) theory is adopted to describe the hadronic matter phase, while the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model is used for the quark matter phase. We investigate the influence of the hadronic equation of state on the phase transition and neutron star properties. It is found that a neutron star possesses a large population of hyperons, but it is not dense enough to possess a pure quark core. Whether or not the mixed phase of hadronic and quark matter appears in the center of neutron stars depends on the RMF parameters used in the calculation.     

前中子星内的K-凝聚和超子的生成

用相对论平均场下的手征强子模型研究了前中子星内K^-凝聚和超子的生成。结果显示，前中子星内的中微子束缚使得出现K^-凝聚的临界密度推迟到更高的重子密度，而K^-0凝聚无法出现。同时中微子束缚使得前中子星的状态方程变硬，从而前中子星的最大质量变大。如果考虑超子，前中子星内无法出现K^-凝聚，同时系统的状态方程变软（与不含超子的情况相比），从而对应前中子星的最大质量变小。A chiral hadronic model is extended to investigate antikaon condensation and hyperons production of protoneutron stars. Our results show that neutrino trapping makes the critical density of K^- condensation delay to higher density and K^-0 condensation not occur. Meanwhile, the equation of state （EOS） of （proto）neutron star matter considering neutrino trapping is stiffer than the case without neutrino trapping. Therefore the maximum masses of rotoneutron stars with neutrino trapping are larger than those without neutrino trapping. If hyperons are considered, antikaon condensation does not appear in （proto） neutron stars. Meanwhile, the corresponding EOS becomes much softer, and the maximum masses of （proto）neutron stars are smaller than those without hyprons.     

Effects of 5 Meson on Thermal Protoneutron Star Matter

In the framework of the relativistic mean field theory, the effects of the 6 meson on protoneutron star matter with hyperons at finite temperature are investigated. In thermal protoneutron star matter, the 6 field potential increases with density first and then decreases. Fixing the density, the increase of the temperature suppresses the 6 field potential. With the inclusion of the 6 meson, the threshold densities for hyperons become lower and the abundance of trapped neutrinos decreases. The most important effect of the 6 meson is to increase the abundance of hyperons in the inner core range of protoneutron stars. With the rise of the temperature, the density range where the 6 meson plays an important role is narrowed and the effects of the 6 meson are suppressed. Moreover, the protoneutron star mass and radius are nearly not affected by the 6 meson.     

Effects of δ Meson on Thermal Protoneutron Star Matter

In the framework of the relativistic mean field theory, the effects of the δ meson on protoneutron star matter with hyperons at finite temperature are investigated. In thermal protoneutron star matter, the δ field potential increases with density first and then decreases. Fixing the density, the increase of the temperature suppresses the δ field potential. With the inclusion of the δ meson, the threshold densities for hyperons become lower and the abundance of trapped neutrinos decreases. The most important effect of the δ meson is to increase the abundance of hyperons in the inner core range of protoneutron stars. With the rise of the temperature, the density range where the δ meson plays an important role is narrowed and the effects of the δ meson are suppressed. Moreover, the protoneutron star mass and radius are nearly not affected by the δ meson     

超子耦合参数对热前中子星物质的影响

在相对论平均场理论框架内,利用Λ超子的结合能和中子星质量的观测数据得到超子标量介子耦合参数χσ的范围是0.33—0.77。在这个范围内, 研究了χσ取不同值时, 包含核子, Λ和Ξ超子的热前中子星（固定单个重子熵s=1）的性质。结果表明, 如果超子耦合参数变大, 前中子星核心温度变高, 中微子丰度变低, 前中子星的亚稳态质量范围变小。如果χσ超过了0.75, 前中子星不可能演变成黑洞。联系SN1987A讨论了这一结果的意义。In the framework of the relativistic mean field theory(RMFT), protoneutron stars with hyperons are studied. To be compatible with neutron star masses, the hyperon scalar coupling χσ should lie in the range of 0.33—0.77. As the hyperon scalar coupling increases, in protoneutron star matter, the core temperature increases whereas the abundance of neutrinos decreases. The metastable mass range of protoneutron stars narrows as the temperature increases. It is found that a protoneutron star cannot subside into a low mass black hole when χσ>0.75. Furthermore, the case of SN1987A is discussed.     

利用密度相关的相对论平均场理论对核物质与中子星的研究(英文)

研究和详细地比较了RMF理论中不同的有效相互作用强度的密度依赖性, 并且讨论了这种密度依赖性对于核物质和中子星性质的影响. 对于核物质, 不同的参数组给出的对称核物质的饱和点非常接近, 基本都在经验值的范围内. 对于中子星, 考虑超子后不同参数组给出的质量极限的范围为1.52—2.06 M☉, 半径为10.24—11.38 km.The density dependencies of various effective interaction strengths in the relativistic mean field and their influences on the properties of nuclear matter and neutron stars are studied and carefully compared. The differences of saturation properties given by various effective interactions are subtle in symmetric nuclear matter. The Oppenheimer Volkoff mass limits of neutron stars calculated from different equations of state are 1.52—2.06 M☉, and the radii are 10.24—11.38 km with hyperons included.     

Vacuum fluctuation effects on hyperonic neutron star matter

The vacuum fluctuation （VF） effects on the properties of the hyperonic neutron star matter are investigated in the framework of the relativistic mean field （RMF） theory. The VF corrections result in the density dependence of in-medium baryon and meson masses. We compare our results obtained by adopting three kinds of meson-hyperon couplings. The introduction of both hyperons and VF corrections softens the equation of state （EoS） for the hyperonic neutron star matter and hence reduces hyperonic neutron star masses. The presence of the δ field enlarges the masses and radii of hyperonic neutron stars. Taking into account the uncertainty of meson-hyperon couplings, the obtained maximum masses of hyperonic neutron stars are in the range of 1.33M⊙-1.55M⊙.     

Neutron star equation of state in density dependent relativistic Hartree-Fock theory

The equation of state of neutron stars is studied in the newly developed density dependent relativistic Hartree-Fock (DDRHF) theory with the effective interaction PKO1 and applied to describe the properties of neutron stars. The results are compared with the recent observational data of compact stars and those calculated with the relativistic mean field (RMF) effective interactions. The maximum mass of neutron stars calculated with PKO1 is about 2.45 M_⊙, which consists with high pulsar mass from PSR B1516+02B recently reported. The influence of Fock terms on the cooling of neutron stars is discussed as well.     

原子核对称能对中子星壳层结构的影响

中子星内壳层中存在原子核、中子、电子等非均匀分布的物质。在Wigner-Seitz近似下,共存相方法和自洽Thomas-Fermi近似方法是描述这种非均匀物质的有效方法。中子在非均匀物质所占的比例远远大于其他组分,因此原子核的对称能对非均匀物质的性质会产生十分重要的影响,而原子核对称能的密度依赖关系在核物质饱和密度附近有较大的不确定性。采用相对论平均场理论描述核子间相互作用,研究原子核对称能对中子星内壳层的密度范围、pasta相结构、壳核相变密度等性质的影响,探寻其中可能存在的关联。计算结果表明,原子核对称能及其密度依赖性在决定中子星内壳层非均匀物质的性质中起着重要作用,这与之前相关研究中得到的结论基本相符。Within Wigner-Seitz approximation, both the coexisting phases method and the self-consistent Thomas-Fermi approximation can be used to describe the nonuniform matter consisting of nuclei, neutrons, and electrons, which may coexist in the inner crust of neutron star. Since the neutron fraction is very large, nuclear symmetry energy may have an important impact on the properties of nonuniform matter. However, the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy around saturation density is still rather uncertain. This paper focuses on the influence of nuclear symmetry energy on the density range of inner crust, pasta phase structure, and crust-core transition density of neutron star, where the relativistic mean field theory is adopted to describe the nucleon-nucleon interaction. It is turned out that the nuclear symmetry energy and its density dependence play an import role in determining the properties of nonuniform matter in the inner crust of neutron star, which is consistent with the former related studies.     

Neutron Star Structure in a Nonlinear Realization of Chiral SU(3) Spontaneous Breaking Model

We investigate neutron star properties by constructing a chiral SU(3) spontaneous breaking Lagrangian and using relativistic mean-field approximation. The results show that π- condensate appears at some baryon densities,and hyperons ∑- and A exist in neutron star matter at high density. In this model, neutron star's maximum mass is1.12Ms with corresponding radius about 8 km.     

Equation of State of Protoneutron Star with Trapped Neutrinos

The influence of trapped neutrinos on the proto-neutron star is studied in the framework of relativistic mean-field theory. The results show that trapped neutrinos increase proton fraction and make the equation of ๏๏ state of neutron star matter softer when neglecting hyperonic freedom, while suppress the appearance of hyperons and make the equation of state stiffer when including hyperons in the protoneutron star. The maximum mass, compared with cold neutron star which is in beta equilibrium, decreases by 0.06_{M_{\odot}} for non-strange protoneutron star while increases by 0.21_{M_{\odot}} for protoneutron star with hyperons when the relative number of trapped neutrino is 0.4.     

Neutron stars with isovector scalar correlations

Neutron stars with the isovector scalar δ-field are studied in the framework of the relativistic mean-field (RMF) approach in a pure-nucleon-plus-lepton scheme. The δ-field leads to a larger repulsion in dense neutron-rich matter and to a definite splitting of proton and neutron effective masses. Both features are influencing the stability conditions of the neutron stars. Two parametrizations for the effective nonlinear Lagrangian density are used to calculate the nuclear equation of state (EOS) and the neutron star properties, and compared to correlated Dirac-Brueckner results. We conclude that in order to reproduce reasonable nuclear structure and neutron star properties within a RMF approach, a density dependence of the coupling constants is required.     

Antikaon Condensation and In-medium Kaon and Antikaon Production in Protoneutron Stars

Antikaon condensation and kaon and antikaon production in protoneutron stars are investigated in a chiral hadronic model （also referred to as the FST model in this paper）. The effects of neutrino trapping on protoneutron stars are analyzed systematically. It is shown that neutrino trapping makes the critical density of K^- condensation delay to higher density and fifo condensation not occur. The equation of state （EOS） of （proto）neutron star matter with neutrino trapping is stiffer than that without neutrino trapping. As a result, the maximum masses of （proto）neutron stars with neutrino trapping are larger than those without neutrino trapping. If hyperons are taken into account, antikaon does not form a condensate in （proto）neutron stars. Meanwhile, the corresponding EOS becomes much softer, and the maximum masses of （proto）neutron stars are smaller than those without hyprons. Finally, our results illustrate that the Q values for K^＋ and K^- production in （proto）neutron stars are not sensitive to neutrino trapping and inclusion of hyperons.     

Neutron stars including the effects of chaotic magnetic fields and anomalous magnetic moments

The relativistic mean field(RMF) FSUGold model extended to include hyperons is employed to study the properties of neutron stars with strong magnetic fields.The chaotic magnetic field approximation is utilized.The effect of anomalous magnetic moments(AMMs) is also investigated.It is shown that the equation of state(EOS)of neutron star matter is stiffened by the presence of the magnetic field,which increases the maximum mass of a neutron star by around 6%.The AMMs only have a small influence on the EOS of neutron star matter,and increase the maximum mass of a neutron star by 0.02M_(sun).Neutral particles are spin polarized due to the presence of the AMMs.     

Relativistic equation of state of nuclear matter for supernova and neutron star

We construct the equation of state (EOS) of nuclear matter using the relativistic mean field (RMF) theory in the wide density, temperature range with various proton fractions for the use of supernova simulation and the neutron star calculations. We first construct the EOS of homogeneous nuclear matter. We use then the Thomas-Fermi approximation to describe inhomogeneous matter, where heavy nuclei are formed together with free nucleon gas. We discuss the results on free energy, pressure and entropy in the wide range of astrophysical interest. As an example, we apply the resulting EOS on the neutron star properties by using the Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation.     

Hyperon-rich matter and kaons in matter

We discuss the equation of state of neutron stars in the dense interior considering hyperons and the possible onset of kaon condensation within the relativistic mean field model. We find that hyperons are favoured in dense matter and that their appearance makes the existence of a kaon condensed phase quite unlikely. Implications for the recent measurements of kaons in heavy ion collisions at subthreshold energy are also given.     

Nonextensive statistical effects in the quark-gluon plasma formation at relativistic heavy-ion collisions energies

We investigate the relativistic equation of state of hadronic matter and quark-gluon plasma at finite temperature and baryon density in the framework of the non-extensive statistical mechanics, characterized by power-law quantum distributions. We impose the Gibbs conditions on the global conservation of baryon number, electric charge and strangeness number. For the hadronic phase, we study an extended relativistic mean-field theoretical model with the inclusion of strange particles (hyperons and mesons). For the quark sector, we employ an extended MIT-Bag model. In this context we focus on the relevance of non-extensive effects in the presence of strange matter.