Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-12-14
Astron.Astrophys.367:582,2001
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 4 figures, using EDP Siences Latex A&A style, to be published in A&A
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20000428
The minimum and maximum mass of protoneutron stars and neutron stars are investigated. The hot dense matter is described by relativistic (including hyperons) and non-relativistic equations of state. We show that the minimum mass ($\sim$ 0.88 - 1.28 $M_{\sun}$) of a neutron star is determined by the earliest stage of its evolution and is nearly unaffected by the presence of hyperons. The maximum mass of a neutron star is limited by the protoneutron star or hot neutron star stage. Further we find that the delayed collapse of a neutron star into a black hole during deleptonization is not only possible for equations of state with softening components, as for instance, hyperons, meson condensates etc., but also for neutron stars with a pure nucleonic-leptonic equation of state.
Strobel Klaus
Weigel Manfred K.
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