On the conversion of neutron stars into quark stars
Nuclear Theory
2015-06-18 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
The possible existence of two families of compact stars, neutron stars and quark stars, naturally leads to a scenario in which a conversion process between the two stellar objects occurs with a consequent release of energy of the order of erg. We discuss recent hydrodynamical simulations of the burning process and neutrino diffusion simulations of cooling of a newly formed strange star. We also briefly discuss this scenario in connection with recent measurements of masses and radii of compact stars.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1312.1083,
title = {On the conversion of neutron stars into quark stars},
author = {Giuseppe Pagliara},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.1083},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
4 pages, 1 figure, INPC 2013 conference proceeding