Bulk properties of cold and hot neutron stars are studied on the basis of the hadron-quark
crossover picture where a smooth transition from the hadronic phase to the quark phase …

The densest state of matter in the Universe is uniquely realized inside the central cores of
the neutron star. While first-principles evaluation of the equation of state of such matter …

We present a novel relativistic density-functional approach to modeling quark matter with a
mechanism to mimic confinement. The quasiparticle treatment of quarks provides their …

We discuss the “constant speed of sound”(CSS) parametrization of the equation of state of
high-density matter and its application to the field correlator method (FCM) model of quark …

We study the role of finite-size effects at the hadron-quark phase transition in a new hybrid
equation of state constructed from an ab initio Brückner-Hartree-Fock equation of state with …

We discuss theoretical scenarios on crossover between nuclear matter (NM) and quark
matter (QM). We classify various possibilities into three major scenarios according to the …

Background: At high density deconfinement of hadronic matter may occur leading to quark
matter. The immense densities reached in the inner core of massive neutron stars may be …

We examine which first order phase transitions are consistent with today's astrophysical
constraints. In particular, we explore how a well-constrained mass-radius data point would …

We discuss the 3-window modeling of cold, dense QCD matter equations of state at density
relevant to neutron star properties. At low baryon density, n_B\lesssim2n_s (n_s: nuclear …

We study the QCD chiral phase transition at finite temperature and finite quark chemical
potential within the two flavor Nambu–Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model, where a generalization of …