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Bose-Einstein condensation in dense matter and the third family of compact stars

Astrophysics 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We investigate antikaon condensation in compact star matter using a relativistic mean field model. Antikaon condensates make the equation of state softer resulting in a smaller maximum mass star compared to the case without condensate. It is found that the equation of state including antikaon condensates gives rise to a stable sequence of compact stars called the third family beyond the neutron star branch.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0201433,
  title  = {Bose-Einstein condensation in dense matter and the third family of compact stars},
  author = {Sarmistha Banik and Debades Bandyopadhyay},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0201433},
  year   = {2008}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures; presented in "Strange Quarks in Matter 2001" conference, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 25-29 September, 2001 and to be published in J. Phys. G