https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-04025-x
Regular Article
Influence of a phase-space extension of nuclear forces on the sharp baryon-quark phase transition in hybrid neutron stars
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Kashan, P.O. Box 87317-53153, Kashan, Iran
Received:
19
January
2023
Accepted:
26
April
2023
Published online:
12
May
2023
The consequences of the baryon-quark phase transition (PT) are probed for the structure of a hybrid neutron star (HNS) by utilizing the Maxwell construction (MC). A statistical-based mean-field (MF) approach, which complies with the Thomas–Fermi approximation, is employed for the baryonic equation of state (EOS) of baryonic matter, while the EOS of quark matter is expressed within the standard NJL model. We find that including density-dependent terms in the phase-space nucleon–nucleon interaction softens the hybrid EOSs, resulting in mostly better agreement with the experimental constraints, and providing lower values of the gravitational mass, radius, and tidal deformability for a HNS. On the other hand, stiffening the hybrid EOS by strengthening the quark vector interactions increases the maximum gravitational mass, while the corresponding radius and tidal deformability are reduced. Based on the constant-sound-speed (CSS) parameters of the baron-quark PT, we show that the formation of a stable 
HNS is allowed under the MS.
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