Quark matter in neutron stars
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Quark matter in neutron stars
According to quantum chromodynamics, matter at ultra-high density and low temperature is a quark liquid, with a condensate of Cooper pairs of quarks near the Fermi surface (“color superconductivity”). This paper reviews the physics of color superconductivity, and discusses some of the proposed signatures by which we might detect quark matter in neutron stars.
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عنوان ژورنال: Nuclear Physics A
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0375-9474
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2009.09.034