2017/06/30 by J. G. Lu, Jiguang Lu, Renxin Xu
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Baryon #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Deconfinement #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Geometry #Nuclear matter #Nucleon #Nucleus #Particle physics #Physics #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Quark #Quark star #Stars #Strange matter #Supernova #Symmetry (geometry) #astro-ph.HE
paper · pdf · doi:10.7566/jpscp.20.011026
submitted to Proceedings of QCS2017, 20-22 Feb 2017, YITP, Japan
arxiv created 2017/09/20 · openalex publication_date 2018/01/23 · arxiv updated 2018/02/14 · openalex created_date 2020/07/02 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Stable micro-nucleus is 2-flavored (u and d), whereas stable macro-nucleus could be 3-flavored (u, d and s) if the light flavor symmetry restores there. Nucleons are the constituent of a nucleus, while strangeons are named as the constituent of 3-flavored baryonic matter. Gravity-compressed baryonic object created after core-collapse supernova could be strangeon star if the energy scale ( 0.5 GeV) cannot be high enough for quark deconfinement and if there occurs 3-flavor symmetry restoration. Strangeon stars are explained here, including their formation and manifestation/identification. Much work, coupled with effective micro-model of strangeon matter, is needed to take advantage of the unique opportunities advanced facilities will provide.