Boiling of strange-quark matter

Journal Article · Fri Feb 15 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.43.1069· OSTI ID:5754162

Madsen, J; Olesen, M L ^[1]

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1. Institute of Astronomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark (DK)

Boiling of strange-quark matter is studied assuming baryon chemical equilibrium between a quark phase described by the bag model, and a hadron phase described by Walecka's mean-field theory. Boiling of quark nuggets at high temperatures is shown to be much less efficient than previously believed. Thus quark nuggets with large baryon numbers may survive from the early Universe after all. Similar arguments may be important for other kinds of nontopological solitons as well.

• OSTI ID: 5754162
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA) Vol. 43:4; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BAG MODEL
BARYON NUMBER
COMPOSITE MODELS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY
EVAPORATION MODEL
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
FREE ENERGY
HADRONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATTER
MEAN-FIELD THEORY
NUCLEAR MODELS
NUCLEATION
PARTICLE MODELS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
QUARK MATTER
QUARK MODEL
QUASI PARTICLES
SOLITONS
STRANGE PARTICLES
SURFACE PROPERTIES
SURFACE TENSION
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
UNIVERSE