Quark Phase Transition Parameters and $\delta$-Meson Field in RMF Theory

Abstract

The deconfinement phase transition from hadronic matter to quark matter in the interior of compact stars is investigated. The hadronic phase is described in the framework of relativistic mean-field (RMF) theory, when also the scalar- isovector $\delta$-meson effective field is taken into account. To describe a quark phase the MIT bag model is used. The changes of the mixed phase threshold parameters caused by the presence of $\delta$-meson field are investigated.

Comments: 2 pages - To appear in the conference proceedings for Quark Matter 2009, March 30 - April 4, Knoxville, Tennessee