https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202531607007
Quarkyonic solution to the hyperon puzzle
1 Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Box 351550, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
2 Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
* e-mail: yfujimoto@berkeley.edu
Published online: 27 January 2025
We show that Quarkyonic Matter can mitigate the hyperon puzzle. The key observation is that the hyperon threshold is shifted to a higher density by a factor of constituent strange quark mass. We illustrate this effect by using the ideal dual Quarkyonic (IdylliQ) model with multiple flavors.
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