Dense matter in compact stars - A pedagogical introduction

Details Dense matter in compact stars - A pedagogical introduction Dense matter in compact stars - A pedagogical introduction

2010-01-19

arxiv.org/abs/1001.3294v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

138+10 pages, v2: small modifications, typos fixed, Figs. 2.1 and 3.7 slightly changed; to appear in Lect. Notes Phys. (Spring

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Cold and dense nuclear and/or quark matter can be found in the interior of compact stars. It is very challenging to determine the ground state and properties of this matter because of the strong-coupling nature of QCD. I give a pedagogical introduction to microscopic calculations based on phenomenological models, effective theories, and perturbative QCD. I discuss how the results of these calculations can be related to astrophysical observations to potentially rule out or confirm candidate phases of dense matter.

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