Strange Quark Matter in Neutron Stars? - New Results from Chandra and XMM

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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7 pages, 4 figures, final version to be published in the SQM 2003 proceedings

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10.1088/0954-3899/30/1/055

It has been predicted that quark and hybrid stars, containing strange quark matter in their core, have a significantly smaller radius than ordinary neutron stars. Preliminary X-ray observations of isolated neutron stars indicated a surprisingly small radius consistent with quark matter in the interior of the star. However, a new analysis of the data led to a radius corresponding to an ordinary neutron star. In the present talk we will discuss theoretical calculations of the mass-radius relation for quark and hybrid stars, taking into account medium effects in quark matter, and report on recent X-ray observations by Chandra and XMM and their latest interpretation.

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