3–9 Sept 2023
Hilton of the Americas, 1600 Lamar, Houston, Texas, 77010, USA
US/Central timezone

Reaching percolation and conformal limits in neutron stars

6 Sept 2023, 11:40
20m
Ballroom A (Hilton of the Americas)

Ballroom A

Hilton of the Americas

Oral Nuclear astrophysics Astrophysics

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Chihiro Sasaki

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In this talk, I discuss the statistically determined equation of state of dense matter that fulfills the multimessenger constraints and determine the properties of dense matter found in neutron stars. I demonstrate that the speed of sound and trace anomaly are driven towards their conformal values at the center of maximally massive NSs. I argue that the local peak of the speed of sound is located at values of energy and particle densities consistent with deconfinement and percolation conditions in QCD matter. I also analyze fluctuations of the net-baryon number density in the context of possible remnants of critical behavior.

talk based is on:
M. Marczenko, L. McLerran, K. Redlich, C. Sasaki, Phys.Rev.C 107 (2023) 2, 025802

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