Kota Masuda, Tetsuo Hatsuda, Tatsuyuki Takatsuka
On the basis of a smooth crossover from the hadronic matter with hyperons to quark matter with strangeness, we show that the maximum mass of neutron stars with quark matter core can be larger than those without quark matter core. This is in contrast to the conventional softening of equation of state due to exotic components at high density. Essential conditions to reach our conclusion are (i) the crossover takes place at relatively low densities, i.e., (2 - 4) times the normal nuclear density, and (ii) the quark matter is strongly interacting in the crossover region. By these, the pressure of the system can be greater than that of purely hadronic matter in the crossover region and leads to the maximum mass greater than 2 solar mass. Several implications of this result to the nuclear incompressibility, the hyperon mixing, and the neutrino cooling are also remarked.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.3621
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