Strange Quark Star Crusts
Journal Article
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· AIP Conference Proceedings
- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (United States)
If strange quark matter is absolutely stable, some neutron stars may be strange quark stars. Strange quark stars are usually assumed to have a simple liquid surface. We show that if the surface tension of droplets of quark matter in the vacuum is sufficiently small, droplets of quark matter on the surface of a strange quark star may form a solid crust on top of the strange quark star. This solid crust can significantly modify the predictions for the photon emission for the surface in an observable way.
- OSTI ID:
- 21056895
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 892, Issue 1; Conference: QCHS7: 7. conference on quark confinement and the hadron spectrum, Ponta Delgada, Acores (Portugal), 2-7 Sep 2006; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2714455; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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