Surface tension of strange-quark matter in the early Universe

Journal Article · Fri Sep 15 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.40.2128· OSTI ID:5508966

Berger, M S ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (US) Theoretical Physics Group, Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720

The surface tension of strange-quark matter at finite temperature and pressure is calculated using the MIT bag model and is applied to strange-quark matter created in the QCD phase transition in the early Universe. The surface tension is sufficiently small that any strange-quark matter would have boiled away in the early Universe.

• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 5508966
• Journal Information: Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA) Vol. 40:6; ISSN 0556-2821; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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640106* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Cosmology
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BAG MODEL
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
COMPOSITE MODELS
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
FERMI GAS
FIELD THEORIES
FLUIDS
GASES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATTER
PARTICLE MODELS
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
QUARK MATTER
QUARK MODEL
STRANGENESS
SURFACE PROPERTIES
SURFACE TENSION
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
UNIVERSE