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

Bhattacharyya, Abhijit; Ghosh, Sanjay K.; Mallick, Ritam; Raha, Sibaji

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

Authors

Bhattacharyya, Abhijit

Ghosh, Sanjay K.

Mallick, Ritam

Raha, Sibaji

Description

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.
4 pages, 4 figures