Nucleation of quark matter in protoneutron star matter
The phase transition from hadronic to quark matter may take place already during the early post-bounce stage of core collapse supernovae when matter is still hot and lepton rich. If the phase transition is of first order and exhibits a barrier, the formation of the new phase occurs via the nucleatio...
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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18 June 2010
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Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology
Year: 2010, Volume: 81, Issue: 12, Pages: 1-9 |
| ISSN: | 1550-2368 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.123012 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.81.123012 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.81.123012 
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| Author Notes: | B.W. Mintz, E.S. Fraga, G. Pagliara, and J. Schaffner-Bielich |
| Summary: | The phase transition from hadronic to quark matter may take place already during the early post-bounce stage of core collapse supernovae when matter is still hot and lepton rich. If the phase transition is of first order and exhibits a barrier, the formation of the new phase occurs via the nucleation of droplets. We investigate the thermal nucleation of a quark phase in supernova matter and calculate its rate for a wide range of physical parameters. We show that the formation of the first droplet of a quark phase might be very fast and therefore the phase transition to quark matter could play an important role in the mechanism and dynamics of supernova explosions. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 26.04.2023 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1550-2368 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.123012 |