2006/06/30 by Mark Alford, D. Blaschke, David Blaschke +7 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Computer science #Equation of state #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Interpretation (philosophy) #Neutron star #Nuclear physics #Particle physics #Philosophy #Physics #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Quantum mechanics #Quark #Quark star #Stars #State (computer science) #Strange matter #astro-ph #hep-ph #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/nature05582
published as Nature445:E7-E8,2007 · 4 pages, LaTeX; New title and overall rewrite to reflect version published in Nature. Conclusions unchanged
openalex publication_date 2007/01/01 · arxiv created 2007/06/06 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2017/12/04 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Ozel, in a recent reanalysis of EXO 0748-676 observational data (astro-ph/0605106), concluded that quark matter probably does not exist in the center of compact stars. We show that the data is actually consistent with the presence of quark matter in compact stars.