Published April 10, 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Critical temperatures for superconducting quark matter existence in dense stellar cores

  • 1. Inst. Astronomico e Geofisico, Univ. de Sao Paulo, Av. M. Stefano 4200 (04301) Sao Paulo (Brazil)
  • 2. Facultad de Ciencias Astronomicas y Geofisicas UNLP, Paseo del Bosque S/N (1900) La Plata (Argentina)
  • 3. Dept. di Fisica UNLP, Calle 49 y 115, C.C. 65, (1900) La Plata (Argentina)

Description

If quark matter is actually a component of compact stars it can probably develop a superconducting phase as a result of QCD interactions. This effect may be harmless for (or dramatically affect) the properties of the star, depending on the actual value of the strong coupling constant αc. Explicit expressions for the critical temperature Tc are derived by using some recent results on the long-range behavior of the gluon propagators. In this paper the consequences for the cooling histories of compact stars and possible trends are briefly discussed

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Journal Title
Modern Physics Letters A
Journal Volume
7
Journal Issue
11
Series
Mod. Phys. Lett. A.
Journal Page Range
995-1000
ISSN
0217-7323
CODEN
MPLAE