Quarkyonic Quark-Meson Coupling Model for Nuclear and Neutron Matter
The QQMC model unifies dual quarkyonic and quark-meson coupling approaches to describe nuclear matter across all densities. It incorporates Pauli blocking at the quark level and medium modification of nucleon structure using a relativistic Gaussian wavefunction. This framework successfully predicts sound velocities consistent with neutron star observations and pressures matching heavy-ion collision data.