NUCLEATION OF STRANGE MATTER IN DENSE STELLAR CORES

被引:45
作者
HORVATH, JE
BENVENUTO, OG
VUCETICH, H
机构
[1] NATL UNIV LA PLATA,FAC CIENCIAS ASTRON & GEOFIS,RA-1900 LA PLATA,ARGENTINA
[2] NATL UNIV LA PLATA,FAC CIENCIAS EXACTAS,DEPT FIS,RA-1900 LA PLATA,ARGENTINA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1992年 / 45卷 / 10期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.45.3865
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P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We investigate the nucleation of strange quark matter inside hot, dense nuclear matter. Applying Zel'dovich's kinetic theory of nucleation we find a lower limit of the temperature T for strange-matter bubbles to appear, which happens to be satisfied inside the Kelvin-Helmholtz cooling era of a compact star life but not much after it. Our bounds thus suggest that a prompt conversion could be achieved, giving support to earlier expectations for nonstandard type-II supernova scenarios.
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页码:3865 / 3868
页数:4
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