General Relativistic effects on the conversion of nuclear to two-flavour quark matter in compact stars

TL;DR

This paper explores how General Relativity significantly influences the conversion process from nuclear matter to two-flavour quark matter in compact stars, especially affecting rotating stars where non-relativistic models are insufficient.

Contribution

It demonstrates the importance of GR effects in modeling the nuclear to quark matter conversion in both static and rotating compact stars, highlighting limitations of non-relativistic approaches.

Findings

GR effects cause qualitative differences in rotating stars

Non-relativistic models are inadequate for these phenomena

GR effects are crucial for accurate modeling of star conversions

Abstract

We investigate the General Relativistic (GR) effects on the conversion from nuclear to two-flavour quark matter in compact stars, both static as well as rotating. We find that GR effects lead to qualitative differences in rotating stars, indicating the inadequacy of non-relativistic (NR) or even Special Relativistic (SR) treatments for these cases.