The composition of the core of neutron stars is still under debate. One possibility is that because of the high densities reached in their cores, matter could be deconfined into quark matter. In this work, we investigate the possible existence of hybrid stars, using microscopic models to describe the different phases of matter. Within the adopted microscopic models we aim at calculating both the properties of neutron stars and the properties of matter. In particular, we want to probe the influence of pQCD calculations and analyze the properties that identify a transition to deconfined matter.
Organized by: Catarina Cosme