Quark matter droplets in neutron stars

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Mar 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993phrvl..70.1355h&link_type=abstract

Physical Review Letters (ISSN 0031-9007), vol. 70, no. 10, p. 1355-1359.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

158

Condensed Matter Physics, Neutron Stars, Nuclear Astrophysics, Quarks, Stellar Interiors, Background Radiation, Baryons, Electron Gas, Quantum Chromodynamics

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We show that, for physically reasonable bulk and surface properties, the lowest energy state of dense matter consists of quark matter coexisting with nuclear matter in the presence of an essentially uniform background of electrons. We estimate the size and nature of spatial structure in this phase, and show that at the lowest densities the quark matter forms droplets embedded in nuclear matter, whereas at higher densities it can exhibit a variety of different topologies. A finite fraction of the interior of neutron stars could consist of matter in this new phase, which would provide new mechanisms for glitches and cooling.

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