scholarly journals Quantum nucleation of up-down quark matter and astrophysical implications

2020 ◽  
Vol 102 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Ren ◽  
Chen Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Quark Matter ◽  
Down Quark ◽  
Quantum Nucleation

scholarly journals Stable Up-Down Quark Matter Nuggets, Quark Star Crusts, and a New Family of White Dwarfs

Galaxies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Lang Wang ◽  
Jian Hu ◽  
Cheng-Jun Xia ◽  
Jian-Feng Xu ◽  
Guang-Xiong Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quark Matter ◽  
White Dwarfs ◽  
Maximum Mass ◽  
Quark Star ◽  
Small Surface ◽  
New Family ◽  
Quark Stars ◽  
Down Quark ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Chandrasekhar Limit

The possible existence of stable up-down quark matter (udQM) was recently proposed, and it was shown that the properties of udQM stars are consistent with various pulsar observations. In this work we investigate the stability of udQM nuggets and found at certain size those objects are more stable than others if a large symmetry energy and a small surface tension were adopted. In such cases, a crust made of udQM nuggets exists in quark stars. A new family of white dwarfs comprised entirely of udQM nuggets and electrons were also obtained, where the maximum mass approaches to the Chandrasekhar limit.

Strange Quark Matter as Dark Matter

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-317
Author(s):  
Hidezumi Terazawa
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Quark Matter ◽  
Strange Quark ◽  
Strange Quark Matter ◽  
Quark Stars

New forms of matter such as super-hypernuclei (strange quark matter) and superhypernuclear stars (strange quark stars) as candidates for dark matter are discussed in some detail, based on the so-called "Bodmer–Terazawa–Witten hypothesis" assuming that they are stable absolutely or quasi-stable (decaying only weakly).

Water, Water, Here and There

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven E. Vigdor
Keyword(s):  
Quark Mass ◽  
Mass Difference ◽  
Baryon Number ◽  
Electroweak Phase Transition ◽  
Hydrogen Burning ◽  
Quark Masses ◽  
Grand Unified Theories ◽  
Down Quark ◽  
Unified Theories ◽  
The Stability

Chapter 4 deals with the stability of the proton, hence of hydrogen, and how to reconcile that stability with the baryon number nonconservation (or baryon conservation) needed to establish a matter–antimatter imbalance in the infant universe. Sakharov’s three conditions for establishing a matter–antimatter imbalance are presented. Grand unified theories and experimental searches for proton decay are described. The concept of spontaneous symmetry breaking is introduced in describing the electroweak phase transition in the infant universe. That transition is treated as the potential site for introducing the imbalance between quarks and antiquarks, via either baryogenesis or leptogenesis models. The up–down quark mass difference is presented as essential for providing the stability of hydrogen and of the deuteron, which serves as a crucial stepping stone in stellar hydrogen-burning reactions that generate the energy and elements needed for life. Constraints on quark masses from lattice QCD calculations and violations of chiral symmetry are discussed.

Lattice Simulation Study of the Properties of Cold Quark Matter with a Nonzero Isospin Density

JETP Letters ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. V. Braguta ◽  
A. Yu. Kotov ◽  
A. A. Nikolaev
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Study ◽  
Quark Matter ◽  
Lattice Simulation
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