The petit four of color-superconducting phases in proto-neutron star evolution

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Original abstract

At high densities and moderate temperatures, hadronic matter is expected to undergo a first-order phase transition into a color-superconducting (CSC) state. A proto-neutron star describes the earliest evolutionary stages during the first seconds to minutes after core-collapse supernovae and therefore has the potential to assess the appearance of CSC phases at such high densities and moderate temperatures. To address this, we incorporate proto-neutron star conditions, considering neutrino-trapped and neutrino-transparent ones, into the equation of state including color-superconducting phases in a recently developed RG-consistent NJL model. Since the total baryon number of a proto-neutron star is conserved during its later evolution, tracking stellar configurations from an initial mass of the hot proto-neutron star to the final cold neutron star along isolines of baryon number allows us to investigate whether color-superconducting phases can form at any point along this trajectory. By mapping this multidimensional transition in the hot furnace of a core-collapse supernovae cooling from a neutrino-trapped birth state to a cold, neutrino-transparent final state, we reveal four distinct core evolution scenarios-our "petit four" of proto-neutron star evolution: a delayed collapse from the CSC phase to a black hole, a persistent CSC phase, a vanishing CSC phase, and a fleeting CSC phase. For our specific parameterization of the hadronic and the CSC equation of state, we find that a stable color-superconducting phase can only be sustained in the final cold neutron star for a narrow, high-mass region.

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