Strange quark matter in stars: a general overview
Abstract
The physics of strange quark matter in the core of compact stars and recent compact star data is reviewed. Emphasis is put on the existence of a third family of strange quark stars.
- Publication:
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Journal of Physics G Nuclear Physics
- Pub Date:
- June 2005
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0954-3899/31/6/004
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0412215
- Bibcode:
- 2005JPhG...31S.651S
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- 8 pages, 1 figure, plenary talk given at the 8th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM2004), Cape Town, South Africa, 15-20 September 2004