Properties of high-density matter in the electroweak symmetric phase

Journal Article · Mon Jun 15 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.45.4392· OSTI ID:7184310

Chandra, D; Goyal, A ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007 (India)

We examine the bulk properties of matter at high densities and finite temperatures in the phase where electroweak symmetry is exact and fermions are massless, by taking the strong interactions into account perturbatively to lowest order in the quark-gluon chromodynamic coupling constant {alpha}{sub {ital c}}. We also discuss the possibility of a phase transition of strange quark matter into this high-density matter in the electroweak symmetric phase at densities likely to be present in the core of dense neutron stars or collapsing stars. Finally, we study the properties of finite-size chunks of this matter by taking surface effects into account and give an estimate of the surface tension.

• OSTI ID: 7184310
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 45:12; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
COUPLING CONSTANTS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
FIELD THEORIES
HIGGS MODEL
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATTER
NEUTRON STARS
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Particle Systematics-- Unified Theories & Models-- (1992-)
QUARK MATTER
SCALAR FIELDS
STARS
STRANGE PARTICLES
SURFACE PROPERTIES
SURFACE TENSION
SYMMETRY BREAKING
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES
VACUUM STATES
WEINBERG-SALAM GAUGE MODEL