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Magnetized strangelets at finite temperature

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2013-10-18 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

The main properties of magnetized strangelets, namely, their energy per baryon, radius and electric charge, are studied. Temperature effects are also taken into account in order to study their stability compared to the 56Fe isotope and non-magnetized strangelets using the liquid drop model. Massive quarks are considered with the aim to have a more realistic description for strangelets in the astrophysical context and the environment of heavy ion colliders, playing also an important role in the thermodynamical quantities of the quark gas. It is concluded that the presence of a magnetic field tends to stabilize more the strangelets, even when temperature effects are taken into account. Magnetized strangelets in a paired superconductor phase (magnetized color flavor locked phase) are also discussed. It is shown that they are more stable than ordinary magnetized strangelets for typical gap values of the order of O(100) MeV.

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@article{arxiv.1103.0558,
  title  = {Magnetized strangelets at finite temperature},
  author = {R. Gonzalez Felipe and E. Lopez Fune and D. Manreza Paret and A. Perez Martinez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.0558},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

10 pages, 10 figures, discussion extended, new references added

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