Neutron stars and strange stars in the chiral SU(3) quark mean field model

Abstract

We investigate the equations of state for pure neutron matter and strange hadronic matter in $\beta$-equilibrium, including $\Lambda$, $\Sigma$ and $\Xi$ hyperons. The masses and radii of pure neutron stars and strange hadronic stars are obtained. For a pure neutron star, the maximum mass is about $1.8M_{\mathrm{sun}}$, while for a strange hadronic star, the maximum mass is around $1.45M_{\mathrm{sun}}$. The typical radii of pure neutron stars and strange hadronic stars are about 11.0-12.3 km and 10.7-11.7 km, respectively.

Comments: 18 pages, 7 figures