Speaker: Igor SHOVKOVY
Title
Color superconductivity and compact stars
Abstract
A color superconductor is a new state of baryonic matter at high density and low temperature. In real world, this state of matter may naturally appear inside compact stars. Realistic constructions of hybrid compact stars with color superconducting quark matter in their interior will be presented. The role of the global charge neutrality and beta-equilibrium conditions in determining the ground state of stellar matter will be emphasized. Possible observational signatures of color superconductivity in compact stars will be discussed.

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