Quark matter in neutron stars
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Mark G. Alford
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Article
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2009
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Elsevier Science
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English
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According to quantum chromodynamics, matter at ultra-high density and low temperature is a quark liquid, with a condensate of Cooper pairs of quarks near the Fermi surface ("color superconductivity"). This paper reviews the physics of color superconductivity, and discusses some of the proposed signa