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Signatures of QCD Phase Transition in a Newborn Compact Star

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We study the scenario that a new born strange quark star cools to the Quantum ChromoDynamics (QCD) phase transition temperature and converts to a neutron star, and we calculate the evolution of temperature and luminosity of the compact star. We argue that the conversion energy released can be of the order 105310^{53} erg. We also propose that a second neutrino burst will be emitted at the completion of this phase transition.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0304515,
  title  = {Signatures of QCD Phase Transition in a Newborn Compact Star},
  author = {K. -W. Wong and M. -C. Chu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0304515},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

6 pages, 1 figure, minor modified and subtitles added, typos corrected. Accepted for publication in Monthly Notice Letter