Color-flavor locked strangelets

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Madsen, J [1 ]
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[1] Aarhus Univ, Inst Phys & Astron, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.172003
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O4 [物理学];
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Finite lumps of color-flavor locked strange-quark matter (CFL strangelets) are significantly more stable than strangelets without color-flavor locking for wide ranges of parameters, increasing the likelihood of strangelet metastability, or even absolute stability beyond some minimum baryon number A(min). Whereas bulk CFL strange-quark matter is electrically neutral, CFL strangelets are positively charged, with Z approximate to A(2/3). This is quite different from "ordinary" strangelets and may provide a possible test of color-flavor locking if strangelets are detected in upcoming cosmic-ray space experiments.
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