Quark mean field model with pion and gluon corrections for Λ and Ξ0 hypernuclei and neutron stars

Properties of Lambda and Xi(0) hypernuclei and neutron stars are investigated in a quark mean field model with pion and gluon corrections. First, u, d, and s quarks are confined by relativistic harmonic oscillator potentials to generate baryons, such as nucleons and Lambda, Sigma, and Xi hyperons. The effects of pion-quark coupling and one-gluon exchange are considered perturbatively. Then, the baryons interact with each other through exchanging sigma, omega, and rho mesons between quarks in hypernuclei and nuclear matter. The strengths of confinement potentials for u, d, and s quarks are determined by the masses and radii of free baryons. The coupling constants between the quarks and mesons are fixed by the ground-state properties of several nuclei and single-hyperon potentials at nuclear saturation density, which yields three parameter sets for the coupling constants between mesons and quarks, named QMF-NK1S, QMF-NK2S, and QMF-NK3S. Compared to the results of the previous quark mean field model without pion and gluon corrections, it is found that properties of Lambda hypernuclei, i.e., the single-Lambda energies, are more consistent with the experimental observables. Properties of Xi(0) hypernuclei are also calculated and compared with the results in the previous quark mean field model. With these three parameter sets, the neutron stars containing hyperons are investigated through solving the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation. Maximum masses of neutron stars approach 2.1M(circle dot) with hyperons, and corresponding radii are around 13 km.