Strange quark matter in stars: a general overview

2004/12/09 by Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich, Jurgen Schaffner-Bielich · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0954-3899/31/6/004

published as J.Phys. G31 (2005) S651-S658 · 8 pages, 1 figure, plenary talk given at the 8th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM2004), Cape Town, South Africa, 15-20 September 2004

arxiv created 2004/12/09 · openalex publication_date 2005/05/23 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

The physics of strange quark matter in the core of compact stars and recent compact star data is reviewed. Emphasis is put on the existence of a third family of strange quark stars.

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