Nonrotating and rotating neutron stars in the extended field theoretical model

Abstract

We study the properties of nonrotating and rotating neutron stars for a new set of equations of state (EOSs) with different high-density behavior obtained using the extended field theoretical model. The high-density behavior for these EOSs are varied by varying the {omega}-meson self-coupling and hyperon-meson couplings in such a way that the quality of fit to the bulk nuclear observables, nuclear matter incompressibility coefficient, and hyperon-nucleon potential depths remain practically unaffected. We find that the largest value for maximum mass for the nonrotating neutron star is 2.1M{sub {center_dot}}. The radius for a neutron star with canonical mass is 12.8-14.1 km, provided only those EOSs are considered for which the maximum mass is larger than 1.6M{sub {center_dot}}, the lower bound on the maximum mass measured so far. Our results for the very recently discovered fastest rotating neutron star indicate that this star is supramassive with mass 1.7M{sub {center_dot}}-2.7M{sub {center_dot}} and circumferential equatorial radius 12-19 km.