Electric fields at the quark surface of strange stars in the color-flavor locked phase

2004/08/31 by Vladimir V. Usov, V. V. Usov · 11 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph #hep-ph #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.70.067301

published as Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 067301 · 3 pages, no figures, Phys. Rev. D, matches published version

openalex publication_date 2004/09/15 · arxiv created 2004/10/14 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

It is shown that extremely strong electric fields may be generated at the surface of strange quark matter in the color-flavor locked phase because of the surface effects. Some properties of strange stars made of this matter are briefly discussed.

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