Quark-Gluon Plasma in the NDL Equation of State for Supernova Simulations

I will discuss the effects of a QCD restored chiral symmetry and deconfined phase in the new NDL Equation of State. The transition allows for the possibility of a coexistence mixed phase using a first-order phase transition with a Gibbs construction. I will describe the effects of temperature and pion creation on the onset density. I will also discuss the consequences of varying the QCD bag constant. The observation of a $1.97 \pm 0.04 M_\odot$ neutron star provides a stringent limit on the parameter space of a quark-gluon plasma phase in simulating supernovae collapse. The consequences of this experimental evidence on the existence and properties of a mixed phase QGP transition will be explored.