Neutron star properties in a QCD-motivated model (Q5947424)

With an effective quantum-chromodynamical model for the strong nuclear interaction, the structure of neutron-, hybrid- and quark stars is investigated. The quark-gluon plasma phase is formulated within the bag model. The stable region of neutron stars (in an mass-internal energy density diagram) is separated by an instability strip from the Hybrid- and Quark stars. The conversion from a Neutron -- to a Quark star should be a dynamical process of a non-spherical collapse.