Nucleation of quark matter bubbles in neutron stars
Astrophysics
2009-12-30 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
The thermal nucleation of quark matter bubbles inside neutron stars is examined for various temperatures which the star may realistically encounter during its lifetime. It is found that for a bag constant less than a critical value, a very large part of the star will be converted into the quark phase within a fraction of a second. Depending on the equation of state for neutron star matter and strange quark matter, all or some of the outer parts of the star may subsequently be converted by a slower burning or a detonation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9401002,
title = {Nucleation of quark matter bubbles in neutron stars},
author = {Michael L. Olesen and Jes Madsen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9401002},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
13 pages, REVTeX, Phys.Rev.D (in press), IFA 93-32. 5 figures (not included) available upon request from [email protected]