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Strange Quark Matter in Stars: A General Overview

Astrophysics 2009-11-10 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The physics of strange quark matter in the core of compact stars and recent compact star data is reviewed. Emphasis is put on the possible existence of a third family of strange quark stars.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0412215,
  title  = {Strange Quark Matter in Stars: A General Overview},
  author = {Jurgen Schaffner-Bielich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0412215},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

8 pages, 1 figure, plenary talk given at the 8th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM2004), Cape Town, South Africa, 15-20 September 2004