https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201816804011
Role of strangeness to the neutron star mass and cooling
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Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Department of Physics Education, Daegu University, Gyeongsan 38453, Korea
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Department of Physics, Ulsan National Institue of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Korea
* e-mail: clee@pusan.ac.kr
Published online: 9 January 2018
Neutron star provides unique environments for the investigation of the physics of extreme dense matter beyond normal nuclear saturation density. In such high density environments, hadrons with strange quarks are expected to play very important role in stabilizing the system. Kaons and hyperons are the lowest mass states with strangeness among meson and bayron families, respectively. In this work, we investigate the role of kaons and hyperons to the neutron star mass, and discuss their role in the neutron star cooling.
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