Hyperon-Quark Mixed Phase in Dense Matter

Abstract

We investigate the properties of the hadron-quark mixed phase in compact stars using a Brueckner-Hartree-Fock framework for hadronic matter and the MIT bag model for quark matter. We find that the equation of state of the mixed phase is similar to that given by the Maxwell construction. The composition of the mixed phase, however, is very different from that of the Maxwell construction; in particular, hyperons are completely suppressed.

Comments: Invited talk at "Exotic States of Matter 2007 (EXOCT2007)", Catania, June 10-19, 2007