Stability of hybrid stars via catastrophe theory

arXiv:2609.28710 · astro-ph.HE, hep-ph, nucl-th · Submitted 2026-09-23 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, hep-ph, nucl-th

Submitted: 2026-09-23

Updated: 2026-09-23

Terminology

• Core — 9× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• General Relativity — 5× in this paper
• Phase Transitions — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Generalization — 1× in this paper · explained in 13 episodes

Sources

• Simulating Dense Matter
• On the Convergence of a Modified Kaehler-Ricci flow
• Phase Transitions and the Mass-Radius Curves of Relativistic Stars
• Generic conditions for stable hybrid stars
• Classifications of Twin Star Solutions for a Constant Speed of Sound Parameterized Equation of State
• Droplets in the cold and dense linear sigma model with quarks
• The Surface Tension of Quark Matter in a Geometrical Approach
• Phase diagram and surface tension in the three-flavor Polyakov-quark-meson model
• Surface tension and curvature energy of quark matter in the NJL model
• Surface tension of dense matter at the chiral phase transition
• Chiral pasta
• SU(3) parity doubling in cold neutron star matter
• Improved semiclassical density matrix: taming caustics
• Semiclassical partition function for the double-well potential

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