Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: We investigate the effects of dark matter on the properties of strange quark stars within the framework of general relativity with two fluids coupled only by gravity. Adopting the color–flavor-locked model for strange quark matter and considering both fermionic (free fermion gas) and bosonic (polytropic) equations of state for dark matter, we systematically study the structure and tidal deformability of dark matter-admixed strange stars. Our results show that the presence of dark matter significantly modifies the mass–radius relations, with the maximum mass of dark matter-admixed strange stars exhibiting a non-monotonic dependence on the dark matter mass fraction χ, which reaches a minimum at an intermediate value of χ. The tidal deformability Λ of dark matter-admixed strange stars shows complex behavior depending on both the stellar mass and dark matter fraction, with Λ−β (the compactness parameter) relations deviating from the universal relations observed for pure strange stars or dark stars. Our findings demonstrate that dark matter-admixed strange stars with different configurations but identical masses and radii can be distinguished by their tidal deformabilities, providing potential observational signatures for detecting dark matter in compact astrophysical objects. The results are compared with current astrophysical constraints from gravitational wave observations and pulsar measurements.
Source: Symmetry
DOI: 10.3390/sym18040663
Authors: Jing Huang, Gan Wu, Xiao-Yang Zhang, Jin-Biao Wei, Huan Chen
Institution: China University of Geosciences
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,896
Award: G5130183477
OpenAlex ID: W7154587178
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