Triple layered compact star with strange quark matter

Abstract

We explore the possibility of three phases in the core of neutron star in a form of triple layers. From the center, strange quark matter, kaon condensed nuclear matter and nuclear matter form a triple layer. We discuss how the phase of strange quark matter is smoothly connected to kaon condensed nuclear matter phase. We also demonstrate that the compact star with triple layered structure can be a model compatible with the 1.97-solar-mass object PSR J1614-2230 recently observed.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the Symposium on Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (CosPA2011), October 28-31, 2011, Beijing, China