Effects of Mirror Dark Matter on Neutron-Star Structure and Tidal Deformability
Abstract
Mirror dark matter (MDM) can modify neutron-star structure and tidal response through gravitational coupling. In this work, we construct an ordinary-matter equation of state (EOS) by comparing hadronic matter described by the relativistic mean-field NL3\(ωρ\) model, and quark matter in the framework of the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model. The stable branch is determined through a Maxwell construction, which serves to connect distinct phases of matter. For the parameter sets considered here, \(mu=5.2~ MeV\) is the lowest light current-quark mass in the scanned range that satisfies the \(2M\) maximum-mass requirement, while \(mu>5.2~ MeV\) all yield stable neutron-star configurations without a resolved macroscopic quark core. The small-radius inferences for PSR J0437--4715 and XTE J1814--338, together with the tidal-deformability constraint from GW170817, are sensitive to the dark-matter mass fraction \(fD\). The commonly used GW170817 interval \(70Λ1.4580\) corresponds approximately to \(0.12 fD0.88\) in the present model. These results indicate that, even without a macroscopic quark core, MDM can provide an important mechanism for reducing the visible radius and modifying the tidal response of neutron stars.
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