https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7042-7
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Electrically charged strange quark stars with a non-linear equation-of-state
1
Departamento de Física, Centro de Astrofísica e Gravitação, Instituto Superior Técnico-IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal
2
Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Avenida Brasil 2950, Casilla, 4059, Valparaíso, Chile
* e-mail: grigorios.panotopoulos@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
Received:
10
February
2019
Accepted:
11
June
2019
Published online:
18
June
2019
The properties of electrically charged strange quark stars are investigated. We assume a non-linear equation-of-state, and we obtain numerical solutions to the structure equations. The key features of the solutions obtained here are (i) they can support a 2 solar masses star, (ii) both the mass and the electric charge of the stars increase with the 
parameter characterizing the electric density, (iii) the electric object is heavier and larger than its neutral counterpart.
© The Author(s), 2019
