2001/09/30 by David B. Kaplan, Sanjay Reddy · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Color superconductivity #Condensation #Condensed matter physics #Fermion #Hypercharge #Nuclear physics #Particle physics #Physics #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #Quark #Quark star #Strange matter #Superconductivity #Vortex #astro-ph #hep-ph #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.88.132302
published as Phys.Rev.Lett. 88 (2002) 132302 · Replaced with the published version. A typographical error in Eq. 2 is corrected
openalex publication_date 2002/03/15 · arxiv created 2003/01/07 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Quark matter at astrophysical densities may contain stable vortices due to the spontaneous breaking of hypercharge symmetry by kaon condensation. We argue that these vortices could be both charged and electrically superconducting. Current carrying loops (vortons) could be long-lived and play a role in the magnetic and transport properties of this matter. We provide a scenario for vorton formation in protoneutron stars.