<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD Journal Publishing DTD v3.0 20080202//EN" "http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/3.0/journalpublishing3.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="3.0" xml:lang="en" article-type="research article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">OALibJ</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Open Access Library Journal</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2333-9705</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Scientific Research Publishing</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4236/oalib.1102012</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">OALibJ-68877</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v2"><subject>Biomedical&amp;Life Sciences</subject><subject> Business&amp;Economics</subject><subject> Chemistry&amp;Materials Science</subject><subject> Computer Science&amp;Communications</subject><subject> Earth&amp;Environmental Sciences</subject><subject> Engineering</subject><subject> Medicine&amp;Healthcare</subject><subject> Physics&amp;Mathematics</subject><subject> Social Sciences&amp;Humanities</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>
 
 
  Hardon-Quark Hybrid Stars Constructed by the Nonlinear &lt;em&gt;σ&lt;/em&gt;-&lt;em&gt;ω&lt;/em&gt;-&lt;em&gt;ρ&lt;/em&gt; Mean-Field Model and MIT-Bag Model
 
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Schun</surname><given-names>T. Uechi</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hiroshi</surname><given-names>Uechi</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"><sup>*</sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff2"><addr-line>Osaka Gakuin University, Suita, Osaka, Japan</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff1"><addr-line>Department of Physics &amp;amp; Astronomy, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA</addr-line></aff><author-notes><corresp id="cor1">* E-mail:<email>rymc02568@leto.eonet.ne.jp(HU)</email>;</corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>30</day><month>11</month><year>2015</year></pub-date><volume>02</volume><issue>11</issue><fpage>1</fpage><lpage>16</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>29</day>	<month>October</month>	<year>2015</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>accepted</day>	<month>13</month>	<year>November</year>	</date><date date-type="accepted"><day>18</day>	<month>November</month>	<year>2015</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#169; Copyright  2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. </copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license><license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>
 
 
   
   Density-dependent relations among saturation properties of symmetric nuclear matter and hyperonic matter, properties of hadron-(strange) quark hybrid stars are discussed by applying the conserving nonlinear 
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    hadronic mean-field theory. Nonlinear interactions that will be renormalized as effective coupling constants, effective masses and sources of meson equations of motion are constructed self-consistently by maintaining thermodynamic consistency to the mean-field approximation. The coupling constants expected from the hadronic mean-field model and SU (6) quark model for the vector coupling constants are compared; the coupling constants exhibit different density-dependent results for effective masses and binding energies of hyperons, properties of hadron and hadron-quark stars. The nonlinear 
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    hadronic mean-field approximation with or without vacuum fluctuation corrections and strange quark matter defined by MIT-bag model are employed to examine properties of hadron-(strange) quark hybrid stars. The hadron-(strange) quark hybrid stars become more stable at high densities compared to pure hadronic and pure strange quark stars. 
  
 
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Nonlinear &lt;i&gt;σ&lt;/i&gt;-&lt;i&gt;ω&lt;/i&gt;-&lt;i&gt;ρ&lt;/i&gt; Mean-Field</kwd><kwd> Hyperon Onset Densities</kwd><kwd> Hyperon Coupling Ratios</kwd><kwd> Hadron-Quark Hybrid Stars</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="s1"><title>1. Introduction</title><p>The symmetric nuclear matter is a self-bound matter whose binding energy exhibits a characteristic concave curve at saturation density, where pressure of nuclear matter vanishes<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x6.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. It has been known as a constraint to examine self-consistency to nuclear many-body approximations [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref1">1</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref3">3</xref>] . The self-consistency has been fundamental for many-body approximations in terms of Landau’s Fermi-liquid theory [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref4">4</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref6">6</xref>] , Kadanoff-Baym’s theory of conserving approximations [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref7">7</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref9">9</xref>] and the density functional theory [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref10">10</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref12">12</xref>] . The relativistic, field- theoretical, linear s-w mean-field approximations that maintain conditions of conserving approximations have been applied to finite nuclei, nuclear matter and neutron stars [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref13">13</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref14">14</xref>] . These nuclear mean-field approximations reveal an important relation among self-consistent single particle energy, energy density and particle density, which is denoted as thermodynamic consistency [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref15">15</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref16">16</xref>] . The conserving nonlinear s-w-r mean-field approximation which maintains thermodynamic consistency has been applied to investigate density-dependent correlations among properties of nuclear, neutron and hyperonic matter [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref17">17</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref19">19</xref>] . Thermodynamic consistency is important to derive consistent results for high energy and high density phenomena, such as heavy-ion collision, hypernuclei-formation experiments [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref20">20</xref>] and astrophysical phenomena [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref21">21</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref24">24</xref>] .</p><p>The nonlinear s-w-r mean-field approximation has several nonlinear coefficients whose values are determined by reproducing binding energy, symmetry energy and simultaneously searching the minimum value of incompressibility at saturation density, as well as reproducing a maximum mass of neutron stars at high density.</p><p>The binding energy at saturation is taken as −15.75 MeV at<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x7.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x8.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>with the symmetry energy, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x9.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>in the current calculation [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref13">13</xref>] . The values of nonlinear coefficients which will produce effective masses of hadrons<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x10.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x11.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x12.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and incompressibility, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x13.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, with symmetry energy<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x14.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, the maximum mass of neutron stars in b-equilibrium matter [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref23">23</xref>] , <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x15.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>(the solar mass:<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x16.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>), are found reasonable in the nonlinear s-w-r Hartree approximation [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref18">18</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref19">19</xref>] .</p><p>The maximum masses of neutron stars are expected to be below <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x17.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref25">25</xref>] , or <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x18.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref26">26</xref>] , which depend on the hadronic equation of state (EOS) for isospin asymmetric, hyperonic matter in the density range,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x19.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The hadronic liquid-gas phase transition at the surface of neutron stars and determination of the radius of smeared, gas-phase surface are not directly relevant to properties of hadronic matter and maximum masses of neutron stars. Hence, significant contributions to properties of neutron stars (mass, radius, moment of inertia…) come from hadronic EOS. The gas-phase equation of state which may exist on the surface of neutron stars produces negligible corrections and it is not relevant in the current hadronic analysis.</p><p>The nonlinear interactions exhibit significant density-dependent effects on incompressibility, K, and symmetry energy, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x20.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, in high densities; these Fermi liquid properties monotonically increase about saturation density, but they are piecewise continuously softened at an hyperon onset density. These phenomena of piecewise continuous change of Fermi-liquid properties will be important for the analysis of Landau parameters, heavy-</p><p>ion collision, high energy and high density experiments. At a hyperon onset density from <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> to<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x22.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, the EOS suddenly becomes softer. This is because the nucleon Fermi energy, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x22.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x23.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>in the phase<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x22.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x23.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x24.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, will be redistributed to the hyperon Fermi energy, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x22.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x23.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x24.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x25.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>in the phase<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x22.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x23.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x24.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x25.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x26.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>; consequently, the Fermi energies become relatively small in the phase <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x22.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x23.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x24.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x25.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x26.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> compared with those of<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x22.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x23.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x24.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x25.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x26.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The redistribution</p><p>and slow increase of Fermi energies appear whenever hyperons are generated, resulting in a softer equation of state and discontinuous changes of K and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x29.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. This is numerically checked as discrete changes of physical quantities, such as effective masses of hadrons, incompressibility, symmetry energy and energy density [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref18">18</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref19">19</xref>] .</p><p>Since the hyperon-onset confines Fermi-energies of baryons as explained above, single and double hyperon generations exhibit different density-dependent phenomena. For example, the <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x30.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-hyperon onset density such</p><p>as in <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x33.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>; however, it gives <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x33.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x34.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> when <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x33.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x34.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x35.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is generated in <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x33.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x34.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x35.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x36.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x33.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x34.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x35.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x36.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x37.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x33.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x34.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x35.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x36.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x37.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x38.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The same phenomena are observed with other hyperons, and generally the</p><p>onset-density of a hyperon is pushed up to a higher density, which is denoted as the push-up phenomena of hyperon onset-densities in many-fold hyperon generations [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref18">18</xref>] . Because of the push-up phenomena of the hyperon onset density, we have found that hyperon generations are confined at high densities and hyperons relevant to calculations of neutron stars are <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x39.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x39.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. This is because hyperon generations make EOS softer and softer such that it is not possible to support observed maximum masses of neutron stars (shown in Section 4). The similar results are discussed in nonrelativistic Brueckner-Hartree-Fock [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref27">27</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref28">28</xref>] and quark matter calculations [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref29">29</xref>] . The hyperon onset densities are related to hyperon single particle energies by way of phase equilibrium conditions. Hence, the Hugenholtz-Van Hove theorem and thermodynamic consistency at saturation of hyperon binding energy are essential to define self-consistent approximation of hyperonic matter. The single particle energies of nucleons and hyperons are important to study K and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x39.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x41.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> for magic nuclei [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref30">30</xref>] and hypernuclei [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref31">31</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref32">32</xref>] .</p><p>Density-dependent effective masses and effective coupling constants, saturation properties for nucleons and hyperons are discussed in the nonlinear s-w-r mean-field approximation [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref18">18</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref19">19</xref>] . The results shown that: 1) coupling constants of hyperons are related to those of nucleons by effective masses, effective coupling constants, binding energy at onset-density of respective hyperons. Hence, binding energies of symmetric nuclear matter and hyperon matter are self-consistently related to each other. 2) Self-consistency and density-dependent interactions may restrict hyperon generations at low densities, resulting in the push-up phenomena of hyperon onset densities. The suppression of hyperon generations is also discussed in different calculations [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref27">27</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref29">29</xref>] . 3) Coupling ratios of hyperons are expected to be<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, in order to be consistent with conditions of thermodynamic consistency, empirical values of nuclear matter and neutron stars. In the current calculations, we have included vacuum fluctuation corrections (VFC) into the nonlinear s-w-r approximation and examined properties of<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x44.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x44.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x45.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>hyperonic matter, constrained by transitions to strange quark matter and properties of hadron-quark hybrid stars. The hadron-quark phase transitions are assumed to be a first order and computed by Maxwell construction [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref33">33</xref>] .</p><p>The conserving nonlinear s-w-r mean-field approximation [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref17">17</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref19">19</xref>] and quark-based effective nuclear models [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref34">34</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref35">35</xref>] have been applied to finite nuclei, nuclear and isospin asymmetric, high-density matter. We have compared hyperon coupling constants required by the nonlinear s-w-r mean-field model with those required by SU(6) quark model for the vector coupling constants [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref36">36</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref37">37</xref>] . The hyperon coupling constants required by hadronic and SU(6) quark models exhibit quite different results for effective masses, binding energies of hyperons [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref18">18</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref19">19</xref>] and properties of hadron-quark hybrid stars. The coupling ratios required by SU(6) quark model cannot reproduce hyperon saturation properties, which will be discussed in terms of conditions of thermodynamic consistency in the Section 4. The analysis of discrepancies of predictions by hadronic and quark-based models may provide us with insight for constructing self-consistent nuclear many-body approximations [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref14">14</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref19">19</xref>] . The effective masses of hyperons depend on coupling ratios (<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x46.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x46.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x47.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x46.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x47.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>) and decrease analogous to effective masses of nucleons at high densities, which show strong density-dependent interactions. However, the effective masses of hyperons exhibit weak density-dependent results with <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x46.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x47.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x49.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> required by SU(6) quark model for the vector coupling constants. In general, hadrons exhibit strong density- dependent interactions and correlations among properties of nuclear matter, hyperonic matter and neutron stars.</p><p>In the hadronic mean-field approximation, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is preferred in order to be consistent with properties of nuclear matter and the maximum mass of neutron stars,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x51.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The value, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x51.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x52.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, results in different effective masses and binding energies of hyperons; the discrepancies originate from density-depen- dent interactions of hadrons [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref19">19</xref>] .</p><p>The density-dependent many-body effects produced by the conserving nonlinear s-w-r mean-field approximation should be compared to chiral hadronic mean-filed approximations [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref38">38</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref41">41</xref>] . The effective quark-based chiral Lagrangian approach suggests that the appropriate in-medium scaling law,</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x53.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, should be expected [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref42">42</xref>] . Although it is ambiguous whether</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x54.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>means that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x54.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x55.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> or <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x54.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x55.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> at saturation density, they are certainly de- creasing above saturation density, since <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x54.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x55.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x57.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is model-independently expected to be decreasing. This is</p><p>significantly different from nonlinear mean-field approximations, since self-consistency of hadronic mean-field approximation demands <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x58.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref17">17</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref43">43</xref>] and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x58.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x59.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref44">44</xref>] at high densities. In other words, since effective masses and coupling constants are self-consistently related to each other, if some values decrease, the others have to counterbalance the variations. Therefore, all correlated effective masses and coupling constants must decrease or increase simultaneously in order to compensate for variations among others. At saturation density, effective masses of mesons are density-dependent and their ratios are approximately equal:<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x58.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x59.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x60.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. However, mesons exhibit different behaviors above saturation densities as explained. The discrepancy has been discussed in terms of thermodynamic consistency in the hadronic mean-field approximations [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref17">17</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref19">19</xref>] and should be investigated in other hadronic models to extract consistent model-independent results.</p><p>We have applied the nonlinear s-w-r mean-field approximation and MIT-bag model upon hadron-quark hybrid stars [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref23">23</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref45">45</xref>] . The numerical analysis exhibits new results that the hadron-(strange) quark hybrid stars are more stable in high density than pure-hadronic and pure-strange quark stars. It suggests a relation between bag constant and QCD strong coupling constant, (B,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x61.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>) [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref46">46</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref47">47</xref>] , to the central density and maximum mass of hadron-(strange) quark hybrid stars, (<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x61.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x62.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x61.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x62.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x63.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>). The results obtained in the current calculations should be examined from astronomical data whether or not hadron-quark stars are possible and the values of bag constant and strong coupling constant, (B,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x61.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x62.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x63.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x64.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>), could be consistent with astronomical data for neutron stars.</p><p>Self-consistent relations among saturation properties of nucleons and hyperons are briefly reviewed in Section 2. Quantitative numerical calculations for effective masses, onset densities and conditions of hyperon saturation are discussed in the articles [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref18">18</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref19">19</xref>] . The MIT-bag quark matter and vacuum fluctuation correction to nonlinear mean-field approximation are explained in Section 3. Results of pure hadron and hadron-strange quark hybrid stars are discussed in Section 4; concluding remarks are in Section 5.</p></sec><sec id="s2"><title>2. Self-Consistent Effective Masses and Coupling Constants in the Nonlinear s-w-r Mean-Field Approximation</title><p>The hadronic Lagrangian with nonlinear s-w-r interactions which yields density-dependent effective masses and coupling constants is given by [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref17">17</xref>] ,</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1357"><label>(2.1)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x65.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x66.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x66.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x67.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x66.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x67.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x68.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x66.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x67.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x68.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x69.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> denote the field of baryons and leptons, respectively. 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xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x67.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x68.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x69.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x70.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x71.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x72.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x73.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x74.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x75.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x76.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x77.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>The coupled nonlinear quantum-field Lagrangian (2.1) is interpreted as baryon quantum-field Lagrangian in mean fields of mesons [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref13">13</xref>] . All dynamics generated by baryon fields are mediated by mean-fields of mesons which will be self-consistently defined in an approximation. The effective coupling constants, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x79.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x79.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x78.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, denote renormalized, density-dependent coupling constants defined by self-consistent mean-field of s-meson. The nonlinear s-w-r mean-field model maintains the structure of Serot and Walecka’s linear s-w mean-field approximation [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref13">13</xref>] , Lorentz-invariance and renormalizability, the Hugenholtz-Van Hove theorem [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref2">2</xref>] , conditions of conserving approximations [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref7">7</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref12">12</xref>] , the virial theorem [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref15">15</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref16">16</xref>] and Landau’s hypothesis of quasiparticles [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref4">4</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref6">6</xref>] . As we proved in the ref. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref17">17</xref>] , nonlinear mean-field approximations are equivalent to Hartree approximation when nonlinear interactions are properly renormalized, and consequently, the concepts of effective masses and effective coupling constants are naturally generated by nonlinear mean-field interactions. Self-con- sistent relations among single particle energy, effective masses and coupling constants will restrict empirical values of low-density nuclear matter and high-density hadronic matter. The admissible values of effective coupling constants and masses are confined in certain values due to strong density-dependent correlations among physical quantities of nuclear matter and neutron stars [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref17">17</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref19">19</xref>] .</p><p>Meson-fields operators are replaced by mean-fields denoted by<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x80.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x80.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x81.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x80.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x81.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x82.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The equations of motion for baryons are given by,</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1358"><label>(2.2)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x83.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x84.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x84.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x85.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x84.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x85.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x86.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are effective coupling constants for<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x84.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x85.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x86.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x87.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x84.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x85.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x86.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x87.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x88.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x84.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x85.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x86.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x87.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x88.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x89.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> mesons. One should notice that effective coupling constants cannot be simply introduced as external inputs to an employed approximation, since density-dependent coupling constants modify equations of motion for mesons. We self-consistently determine nucleon-meson coupling constants as density-dependent since we are interested in the density-dependent correlations among properties of symmetric nuclear matter. Nonlinear interactions are not assumed in the coupling constants for hyperons; effective masses of hyperons are defined by<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x84.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x85.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x86.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x87.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x88.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x89.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x90.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The density-dependent nucleon-meson coupling constants that maintain thermodynamic consistency are,</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1359"><label>(2.3)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x91.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>The equations of motion for mesons are given by,</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1360"><label>(2.4)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x92.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the total scalar source, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x94.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>the isoscalar density, and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x94.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x95.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, the isovector density. The density-dependent coupling constants will modify the equation of motion for <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x94.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x95.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x96.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-meson which acquires a mass term, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x94.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x95.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x96.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and new source terms, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x94.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x95.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x96.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x98.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>from density-dependency of effective coupling constants.</p><p>The introduction of nonlinear <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x99.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-vertex interaction leads to the effective mass of nucleon:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1361"><label>(2.5)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x100.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>and effective masses of nucleons and hyperons are related to each other as,</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1362"><label>(2.6)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x101.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>The total scalar source is obtained as,</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1363"><label>(2.7)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x102.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where the scalar sources are respectively given by</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1364"><label>(2.8)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x103.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x104.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the modified scalar density defined by<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x104.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x105.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>; N is used to denote proton and neutron,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x104.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x105.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x106.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>; hyperons are denoted as,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x104.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x105.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x106.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x107.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>The w-meson and r-meson contributions to self-energies are given by</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1365"><label>(2.9)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x108.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where the baryon-hyperon density, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x109.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, is given by</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1366"><label>(2.10)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x110.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the density-dependent ratio of hyperon-nucleon coupling constants. The self-energies, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x112.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x112.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x113.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, are briefly denoted as<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x112.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x113.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x114.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>; the isovector density is denoted as <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x112.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x113.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x114.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x115.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> where the Fermi momentum <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x112.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x113.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x114.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x115.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x116.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is for proton and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x112.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x113.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x114.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x115.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x116.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x117.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> for neutron [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref17">17</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref18">18</xref>] . The isovector density, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x112.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x113.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x114.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x115.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x116.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x117.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x118.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and the ratios of sigma-nucleon coupling constants on r-meson are also defined;<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x112.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x113.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x114.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x115.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x116.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x117.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x118.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x119.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x112.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x113.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x114.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x115.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x116.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x117.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x118.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x119.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x120.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x112.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x113.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x114.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x115.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x116.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x117.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x118.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x119.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x120.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x121.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Thermodynamically consistent effective masses of mesons compatible with effective coupling constants (2.3) are required to be:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1367"><label>(2.11)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x122.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Since effective masses of mesons and coupling constants depend on mean fields of mesons, they are density- dependent through meson fields. Note that the effective mass of s-meson depends on the <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x123.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> scalar source of nucleons,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x123.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x124.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The modifications to equations of motion, propagators and self-energies produced by density-dependent effective coupling constants and masses are important for self-consistency.</p><p>The energy density, pressure of isospin-symmetric, asymmetric and charge-neutral hadronic matter are calculated by way of energy-momentum tensor, resulting in:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1368"><label>(2.12)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x125.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1369"><label>(2.13)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x126.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x127.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the Fermi-momentum; <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x127.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x128.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x127.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x128.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x129.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are single particle energies for baryons and leptons, respectively. One can check that the thermodynamic relations, such as <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x127.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x128.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x129.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x130.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and the chemical potential, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x127.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x128.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x129.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x130.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x131.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, are exactly satisfied with a given baryon density,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x127.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x128.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x129.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x130.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x131.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x132.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>The functional derivative of energy density, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x133.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, with respect to the baryon number distribution, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x133.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x134.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, is given by:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1370"><label>(2.14)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x135.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Thermodynamic consistency requires:<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x136.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x136.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x137.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x136.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x137.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x138.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref12">12</xref>] . Now, one can directly</p><p>prove that the self-energies calculated by propagators and the conditions of conserving approximations become equivalent, only if the effective masses and effective coupling constants of mesons are given by (2.3) and (2.11) [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref17">17</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref19">19</xref>] .</p><p>In order to start self-consistent hadronic matter calculations, nonlinear coupling constants, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x139.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x139.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x140.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x139.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x140.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x141.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and other 9 nonlinear coefficients should be supplied; but admissible values of nonlinear coefficients are determined to satisfy properties of symmetric nuclear matter at saturation (−15.75 MeV at<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x139.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x140.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x141.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x142.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x139.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x140.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x141.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x142.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x143.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>), simultaneously searching for the minimum value of incompressibility and reproducing the maximum mass of isospin-asymmetric neutron stars<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x139.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x140.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x141.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x142.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x143.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x144.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. In addition, hadronic phase transitions from <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x139.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x140.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x141.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x142.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x143.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x144.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x145.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> to <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x139.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x140.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x141.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x142.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x143.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x144.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x145.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x146.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> should be carefully incorporated in EOS. The binding energies of hyperons required by hadronic model and SU(6) quark model for vector coupling constants [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref36">36</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref37">37</xref>] are compared and discussed quantitatively in the articles [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref18">18</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref19">19</xref>] .</p></sec><sec id="s3"><title>3. The Nonlinear s-w-r Mean-Field Approximation with Vacuum Fluctuation Correction (VFC)</title><p>We have included vacuum fluctuation correction (VFC) into the nonlinear s-w-r mean-field approximation and applied the EOS with or without VFC to hadronic stars and hadron-quark hybrid stars. The EOSs for hadrons with VFC and quark matter generated by MIT-bag model are briefly discussed; based on the formalism, the pure hadronic and quark stars, stability of hadron-quark stars, are discussed in Section 4. The vacuum fluctuation corrections are explicitly performed with counter terms required by power-counting and the method of dimensional regularization [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref13">13</xref>] .</p><p>The self-energies with VFC in the conserving nonlinear s-w-r approximation are given with (2.7) by,</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1371"><label>(3.1)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x147.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x148.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x148.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x149.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> for<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x148.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x149.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x150.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, since we are investigating effects of density-de- pendent interactions of nucleons; the density-dependent nonlinear self and mixing interactions among hyperons will be studied in the future. The self-energies <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x148.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x149.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x150.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x151.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x148.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x149.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x150.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x151.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x152.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> obtain no VFC in the mean-field approximation, which will be proven directly by dimensional regularization method. Note that it is also essential for an approximation with VFC to maintain conditions of conserving approximations in order to obtain (3.1).</p><p>The differences of VFC (3.1) given by the linear <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x153.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and nonlinear <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x153.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x154.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> approximations appear by way of effective masses and effective coupling constants (2.3), (2.7), and (2.11). One will obtain the linear <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x153.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x154.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x155.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> VFC correction by setting <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x153.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x154.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x155.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x156.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x153.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x154.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x155.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x156.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x157.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x153.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x154.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x155.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x156.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x157.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x158.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in (3.1). It is essential to understand that equations of motion and self-consistency are rigorously satisfied with effective masses and effective coupling constants.</p><p>The energy density with VFC is obtained as,</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1372"><label>(3.2)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x159.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Then, the total energy density is given with Equation (2.12) as,</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1373"><label>(3.3)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x160.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>The self-energies and pressure are also evaluated by dimensional regularization and thermodynamic consistency can be proved including VFC. As discussed in Section 2, all coupling constants have to be evaluated by maintaining properties at nuclear matter saturation, searching the minimum value of incompressibility. Incompressibility is <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x161.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x161.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x162.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> for (n, p, e) + VFC matter. The vacuum fluctuation corrections to nonlinear s-w-r mean-field approximation are not significant at low and high densities compared with those of nonlinear s-w-r self- and mixing-interactions.</p><p>Hadronic degrees of freedom give the most convenient description of EOS around nuclear matter saturation density, and at high densities where asymptotic freedom sets in, a quark description would be more natural. Hence, the hadronic equations of state <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x163.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> obtained at the Section 2 and those of quark matter are combined as a two-phase model by assuming the first order phase transition from hadrons to quarks [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref17">17</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref45">45</xref>] .</p><p>The energy density and pressure for quark matter given by MIT-bag model are obtained [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref45">45</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref47">47</xref>] :</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1374"><label>(3.4)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x164.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1375"><label>(3.5)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x165.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x166.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x166.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x167.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and B is the bag-constant (MeV/fm<sup>3</sup>); <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x166.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x167.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x168.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is the Fermi momen-</p><p>tum of flavor f. The energy density and pressure with the following given baryon density, charge neutrality and phase equilibrium conditions:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1376"><label>(3.6)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x169.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1377"><label>(3.7)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x170.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1378"><label>(3.8)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x171.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>determine (u, d, s)-quark matter uniquely (note:<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x172.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>). The thermodynamic potential for f to first order in the strong coupling constant is given by [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref23">23</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref46">46</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref47">47</xref>] :</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1379"><label>(3.9)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x173.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x174.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> degeneracy. <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x174.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x175.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is the strong interaction coupling constant, and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x174.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x175.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x176.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the renormalization scale constant which is considered as a chemical potential of the problem and chosen as ~300 MeV [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref23">23</xref>] . However, the EOS of hadron-quark compact stars is not sensitive to the parameter<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x174.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x175.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x176.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x177.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, which is numerically checked and theoretically expected from (3.9) in high density region. It is suggested that EOS of quark matter interconnected with hadronic matter be mainly sensitive to parameters, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x174.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x175.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x176.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x177.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x178.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>in the current analysis. The expected value and restriction to <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x174.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x175.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x176.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x177.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x178.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x179.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> can be numerically extracted from properties of hadron-quark matter and compact stars in the Section 4.</p><p>The energy density and pressure are now expressed as,</p><disp-formula id="scirp.68877-formula1380"><label>(3.10)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x180.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x181.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x181.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x182.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are chemical potential and particle distribution for the flavor f. The equations of state for hadronic and quark matter, phase transition conditions and TOV equation [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref21">21</xref>] are employed to calculate pure-hadron, pure-quark and hadron-quark compact stars.</p></sec><sec id="s4"><title>4. The Properties of Hadronic and Hadron-Quark Hybrid Stars</title><p>We have applied the conserving nonlinear s-w-r mean-field approximation to examine properties of hadronic neutron stars and hadron-quark hybrid stars. The properties of pure hadronic stars are produced by employing hadronic equations of state, phase transition conditions, coupling ratios and TOV equation.</p><p>The masses v.s. central densities of hadronic stars produced by equations of state for <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x183.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x183.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x183.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x185.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> matter are shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref>(a) <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x183.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x185.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x186.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref>(b)<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x183.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x185.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x186.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x187.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The solid line shows <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x183.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x185.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x186.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x187.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x188.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> matter which produces the maximum mass of hadronic neutron stars, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x183.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x185.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x186.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x187.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x188.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x189.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref18">18</xref>] , and LHA(n) (dot-dashed line) is the pure-neutron star calculated by the linear s-w mean-field approximation [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref13">13</xref>] <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x183.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x185.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x186.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x187.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x188.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x189.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x190.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The arrows respectively indicate phase transitions from <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x183.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x185.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x186.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x187.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x188.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x189.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic 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xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x189.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x190.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x191.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x192.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x183.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x185.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x186.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x187.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x188.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x189.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x190.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x191.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x192.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x193.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x183.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x185.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x186.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x187.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x188.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x189.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x190.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x191.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x192.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x193.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x194.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> matter.</p><p>The EOS of hadronic matter with <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x195.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> generates the maximum mass <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x195.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x196.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref>(a)). However, the EOS with <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x195.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x196.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x197.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> suggested by SU(6) quark model produces the small maximum mass of neutron stars: <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x195.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x196.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x197.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x198.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>(<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref>(b)), which is unable to support observed masses of neutron stars. The discrepancy calculated by <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x195.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x196.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x197.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x198.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x199.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x195.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x196.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x197.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x198.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x199.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x200.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is clearly recognized by comparing the EOS and mass of neutron stars.</p><p>The properties of pure hadronic stars including VFC are shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig2">Figure 2</xref>(a) and <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig2">Figure 2</xref>(b). The VFC effects are not so significant both in low and high densities compared with those of nonlinear many-body interactions. The difference of pressure and energy density in phase transition region is small (see arrows in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig2">Figure 2</xref>(a) and <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig2">Figure 2</xref>(b)), which makes EOS smooth (see also <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref>(a) and <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref>(b)). Notice that the</p><fig-group id="fig1"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref></label><caption><title> (a) Masses of hadronic neutron stars. Pure-neutron matter in linear s-w:<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x202.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Isospin asymmetric b-equilibrium matter:<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x202.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x203.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x202.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x203.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x204.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x202.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x203.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x204.png" 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xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x203.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x204.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x205.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x206.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x207.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x208.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x209.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x210.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic 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xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x203.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x204.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x205.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x206.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x207.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x208.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x209.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x210.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic 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xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x219.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x220.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x221.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</title></caption><fig id ="fig1_1"><label> (b)</label><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x201.png"/></fig></fig-group><fig-group id="fig2"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig2">Figure 2</xref></label><caption><title> (a) Hadronic neutron stars with VFC. <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x223.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x223.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x224.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x223.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x224.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x225.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> matter with the coupling ratios: (<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x223.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x224.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x225.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x226.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x223.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x224.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x225.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x226.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x227.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>) and (<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x223.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x224.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x225.png" 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xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x229.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x230.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>) give<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x223.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x224.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x225.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x226.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x227.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x228.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x229.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x230.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x231.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>; (b) Hadronic neutron stars with VFC. <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x223.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x224.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x225.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x226.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic 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xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>) give<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x223.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x224.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x225.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x226.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x227.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x228.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x229.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x230.png" 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xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x239.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x240.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</title></caption><fig id ="fig2_1"><label> (b)</label><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x222.png"/></fig></fig-group><p>stable hadronic stars with <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x241.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are limited in the range of central energy density: <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x241.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x242.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, shown in bold, solid lines. The maximum masses are respectively <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x241.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x242.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x243.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x241.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x242.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x243.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x244.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> for the coupling ratios, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x241.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x242.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x243.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x244.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x245.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x241.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x242.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x243.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x244.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x245.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x246.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The maximum mass produced by SU(6) coupling ratios, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x241.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x242.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x243.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x244.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x245.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x246.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x247.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x241.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x242.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x243.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x244.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x245.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x246.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x247.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x248.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, is<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x241.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x242.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x243.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x244.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x245.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x246.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x247.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x248.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x249.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>The EOS of pure-quark matter is used to calculate masses of pure-quark stars, which is shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig3">Figure 3</xref>. The bag constant should be<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x250.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, since normal nuclear matter becomes quark matter in the case of<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x250.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x251.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The maximum masses of quark stars are <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x250.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x251.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x252.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x250.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x251.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x252.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x253.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x250.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x251.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x252.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x253.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x255.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x250.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x251.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x252.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x253.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x255.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x254.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x250.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x251.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x252.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x253.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x255.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x254.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x256.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x250.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x251.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x252.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x253.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x255.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x254.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x256.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x257.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The MIT-bag model suggests that the stable quark stars with <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x250.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x251.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x252.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x253.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x255.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x254.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x256.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x257.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x258.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are limited in the range of bag constants, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x250.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x251.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x252.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x253.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x255.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x254.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x256.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x257.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x258.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x259.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and central energy densities:<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x250.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x251.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x252.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x253.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x255.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x254.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x256.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x257.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x258.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x259.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x260.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, shown in bold, solid lines in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig3">Figure 3</xref>.</p><p>The stable hadronic neutron stars with VFC and pure quark stars are shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig4">Figure 4</xref>, in order to remark energy-density regions of stable stars, respectively. The results of hadronic and quark stars in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig4">Figure 4</xref> suggest that hadron-quark hybrid stars be possible about the central energy density, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x261.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, since the EOS of quark matter could be energetically preferable in the high densities compared with that of hadrons. However, the overlap of central energy density between stable hadronic stars <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x261.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x262.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and pure-quark stars <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x261.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x262.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x263.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are very narrow. Hence, if the stable central energy densities are almost the same during H-Q phase transition, it indicates that hadron-quark stars would become unstable immediately [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref45">45</xref>] .</p><p>We assumed the first order hadron-quark phase transition, and solved phase transition conditions for chemical potential and pressure: <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x264.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x264.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x265.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, by employing Maxwell construction. The TOV equation, hadronic and quark equations of state with phase transition conditions are applied to calculate properties of neutron stars. First, we have examined hadron-quark (H-Q) hybrid stars in case of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x264.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x265.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x266.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> + VFC and quark matter. The results are shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig5">Figure 5</xref>; the mass of H-Q stars is shown with a solid line, and the stable quark core is indicated by a dotted line. The results are not sensitive to the parameter <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x264.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x265.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x266.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x267.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in (3.9), which is checked numerically by changing<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x264.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x265.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x266.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x267.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x268.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. However, the H-Q stars are sensitive to the values of B and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x264.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x265.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x266.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x267.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x268.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x269.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>;<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x264.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x265.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x266.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x267.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x268.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x269.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x270.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x264.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x265.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x266.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x267.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x268.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x269.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x270.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x271.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>in order to produce observed masses of neutron stars:<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x264.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x265.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x266.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x267.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x268.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x269.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x270.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x271.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x272.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. This is because quark-EOS shifts to high energy densities if B is increased, which means that EOS becomes softer, resulting in compact stars with smaller mass and radius in high densities. In addition, if the QCD coupling constant <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x264.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x265.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x266.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x267.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x268.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x269.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x270.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x271.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x272.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x273.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is increased as<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x264.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x265.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x266.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x267.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x268.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x269.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x270.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x271.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x272.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x273.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x274.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, the masses of stable H-Q stars become small and shifted to high densities. Hence, appropriate values of B and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x264.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x265.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x266.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x267.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x268.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x269.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x270.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x271.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x272.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x273.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x274.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x275.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> to produce observed data of neutron stars in the current EOS are correlated to each other so that if B is increased, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x264.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x265.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x266.png" 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position="float"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig3">Figure 3</xref></label><caption><title> Masses of pure-quark stars with<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x280.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x280.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x281.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The stable pure-quark stars with <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x280.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x281.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x282.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are in<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x280.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x281.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x282.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x283.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></title></caption><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x279.png"/></fig><fig id="fig4"  position="float"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig4">Figure 4</xref></label><caption><title> Hadron stars with VFC and pure-quark stars. The stable hadronic stars are in<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x285.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></title></caption><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x284.png"/></fig><fig id="fig5"  position="float"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig5">Figure 5</xref></label><caption><title> Hadron-quark stars based on isospin asymmetric (n, p, e) + VFC matter. Note that the quark-core of H-Q stars is stable</title></caption><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x286.png"/></fig><p>and (<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x287.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x287.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x288.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>). The property of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x287.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x288.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x289.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in the analysis of hadron-quark infinite matter agrees with the results of bag-model fits to light-hadron spectra and renormalization group analyses in the paper by Farhi and Jaffe [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref47">47</xref>] .</p><p>Since H-Q stars are 2-phase compact stars (quark phase for star’s core and hadron phase for a mantle), the stability of H-Q stars should be reconsidered. The stability of pure hadronic and quark matter is examined respectively by the condition: <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x290.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref23">23</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref48">48</xref>] . However, one should note that the stability criterion, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x290.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x291.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, is for single phase compact stars, such as pure hadronic and quark stars.</p><p>The hadron-quark stars in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig5">Figure 5</xref> show that the stable hadronic stars <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x292.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in the central energy range, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x292.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x293.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, will undergo a phase transition (dotted horizontal line), reaching to H-Q stars<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x292.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x293.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x294.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. The total mass of H-Q stars decreases, but the stable quark-core <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x292.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x293.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x294.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x295.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> will</p><p>develop. Therefore, it suggests that the H-Q star be stable, although the total mass of the star becomes smaller. Moreover, by comparing the stable energy densities of quark phase in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig4">Figure 4</xref> with those of H-Q stars, it is found that the central energy density of stable H-Q stars is more extended for higher densities than that of single phase stars. It suggests that compact stars consisting of a mantle and a high density core be more stable than stars in a homogeneous single phase structure [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref47">47</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref49">49</xref>] . When the QCD coupling constant, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x296.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, increases, the H-Q phase transition density and quark-core will shift to higher densities, but the quark-core is stable and extended to higher densities. If the bag constant is small, such as<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x296.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x297.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, one will obtain a saturation curve (an inflection point for stability) within <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x296.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x297.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x298.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> as in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig4">Figure 4</xref>, which suggests that the produced quark-core tends to become unstable.</p><p>The H-Q stars calculated with the EOS for <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x299.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x299.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x300.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x299.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x300.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x301.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> + VFC to quark matter <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x299.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x300.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x301.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x302.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig6">Figure 6</xref>(a) <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x299.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x300.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x301.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x302.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x303.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig6">Figure 6</xref>(b)<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x299.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x300.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x301.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x302.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x303.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x304.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, respectively. 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xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x308.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x310.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x309.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x311.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x312.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. A remarkable feature of H-Q stars in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig6">Figure 6</xref>(a) <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x299.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x300.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x301.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x302.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x303.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x304.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x305.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic 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central energy densities and maximum mass configurations [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref26">26</xref>] for stable compact stars, ranging from<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x299.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x300.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x301.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x302.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x303.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x304.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x305.png" 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xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x314.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>In cases of the softer hadronic EOS in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig6">Figure 6</xref>(b) <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x315.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>with <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x315.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x316.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x315.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x316.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x317.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-correction, phase transitions occur in relatively low densities, resulting in smaller maximum masses of H-Q stars, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x315.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x316.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x317.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x318.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and hence, the EOS with the coupling constants <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x315.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x316.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic 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A physical reason from hadronic sector is clear in terms of EOS, but then, it is very interesting to investigate how hadronic and quark models reconcile problems pointed out in the paper.</p><p>If QCD coupling constant is set large, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x320.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, in the soft EOS of <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig6">Figure 6</xref>(b)<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x320.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x321.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, the generation of quark-phase will move up to a very high density, further separating phase-transition energy densities of hadron and quark phases. In this case, stable hadron-quark stars produce masses much smaller than observed masses of neutron stars. Although more precise and detailed analyses are needed for many-body interactions of</p><fig-group id="fig6"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig6">Figure 6</xref></label><caption><title> (a) Hadron-quark stars based on <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x323.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x323.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x324.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x323.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x324.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x325.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> + VFC matter. The coupling ratios: (<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x323.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x324.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x325.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x326.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x323.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x324.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x325.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x326.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x327.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>) and (<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x323.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x324.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x325.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x326.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x327.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x328.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x323.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x324.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x325.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x326.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x327.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x328.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x329.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x323.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x324.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x325.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x326.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x327.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x328.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x329.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x330.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>); (b) Hadron-quark stars based on <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x323.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x324.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x325.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x326.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x327.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x328.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x329.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x330.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x331.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x323.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x324.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x325.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x326.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x327.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x328.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x329.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x330.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x331.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x332.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>-<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x323.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x324.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x325.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x326.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x327.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x328.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x329.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x330.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x331.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x332.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x333.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> + VFC matter. The coupling ratios: (<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x323.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x324.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x325.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x326.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x327.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x328.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x329.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x330.png" 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matter, the coupling constants for hadrons (<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x339.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>or<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x339.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x340.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>) suggested by SU(6) quark model would not be appropriate to examine properties of nuclear and hyperonic matter as well as maximum masses of high density compact stars.</p></sec><sec id="s5"><title>5. Concluding Remarks</title><p>The quantum hadrodynamics (QHD) and mean-field approximations are useful for describing hadronic many- body systems at large distances, but they must ultimately break down at short distances where QCD is valid; hence, it is interesting to investigate how properties of hadron and quark dynamics will interconnect and influence each other dynamically [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref13">13</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref14">14</xref>] . We applied the conserving nonlinear s-w-r mean-field approximation to study self-consistent, density-dependent interactions of hadrons and examined hadronic dynamics by employing coupling constants required from the QCD degrees of freedom. Discrepancies between hadronic and QCD predictions are explicitly shown by calculating masses of high density compact stars. The analysis is also applied to properties of nuclear matter, such as effective masses and effective coupling constants of nucleons, incompressibility and symmetry energy, saturation properties of hyperon binding energies [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref24">24</xref>] . The results may help understand predictions by effective hadronic and quark models as well as efficiencies and interrelations between models.</p><p>As saturation properties of symmetric nuclear matter are self-consistently related to those of hyperons, reproducing saturation properties of hyperons should be one of fundamental problems of nuclear many-body approximations. Although more quantitative and model-independent analyses are needed, it is concluded that hyperon coupling ratios required by SU(6) quark model for the vector coupling constants [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref36">36</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref37">37</xref>] are not appropriate in order to generate saturation properties of hyperons. The coupling ratios of hyperons, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x341.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, are appropriate to explain Fermi-liquid properties, saturation of hyperons [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref18">18</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref19">19</xref>] and maximum masses of neutron stars. Discrepancies among hyperon coupling ratios and observables should be understood to improve calculations of effective models for hadrons.</p><p>Heavy-ion collision experiments as well as neutron stars are useful to examine validity of quark and hadronic models [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref50">50</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref51">51</xref>] , since conditions of hadron-quark phase transition depend on both equations of state for hadronic and quark matter. The appropriate values of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x342.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> can be independently suggested from properties of infinite matter, which qualitatively support properties discussed in the paper [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref47">47</xref>] . The stable pure-hadronic stars and pure-quark stars based on MIT-bag model exist in different energy densities respectively, but if a first-order phase transition is assumed, the energy density of stable hadron-quark stars expands from 10<sup>14</sup> to 10<sup>16</sup></p><p>g/cm<sup>3</sup>. In the range of energy density, pure-hadron stars are less than<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x343.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, but H-Q stars are<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x343.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x344.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. It reasonably explains expected masses and energy density relations, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x343.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x344.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/68877x345.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.68877-ref26">26</xref>] . Therefore,</p><p>existing high density compact stars are more likely to be regarded as hadron-quark stars rather than pure-hadron and pure-quark stars. These results should be further studied quantitatively by empirical data and effective theories of hadrons.</p><p>It is noteworthy that density-dependent many-body effects simulated by nonlinear s-w-r interactions are more important than those of vacuum fluctuation corrections (VFC). The contributions of VFC should be investigated further in more complicated nonlinear s-w-r HF, BHF approximations in order to study density-depen- dent and VFC corrections quantitatively. The role of chiral symmetry in hadronic models should be examined by extending the current nonlinear s-w-r mean-field approximation by including p-meson, which would help understand physical meaning and significance of chirality for hadronic and quark models.</p></sec><sec id="s6"><title>Cite this paper</title><p>Schun T. Uechi,Hiroshi Uechi, (2015) Hardon-Quark Hybrid Stars Constructed by the Nonlinear σ-ω-ρ Mean-Field Model and MIT-Bag Model. Open Access Library Journal,02,1-16. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1102012</p></sec></body><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="scirp.68877-ref1"><label>1</label><mixed-citation publication-type="other" xlink:type="simple">Day, B.D. (1978) Current State of Nuclear Matter Calculations. 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