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astro-ph.SR2009★ 2 cited
Seeking Core-Collapse Supernova Progenitors in Pre-Explosion Images
Douglas C. Leonard
I summarize what we have learned about the nature of stars that ultimately explode as core-collapse supernovae from the examination of images taken prior to the explosion. By regis…
astro-ph.SR2009★ 169 cited
Electrically Charged Strange Quark Stars
Rodrigo P. Negreiros, Fridolin Weber, Manuel Malheiro +1
The possible existence of compact stars made of absolutely stable strange quark matter--referred to as strange stars--was pointed out by E. Witten almost a quarter of a century ago…
astro-ph.SR2009★ 11 cited
Impact of Strange Quark Matter Nuggets on Pycnonuclear Reaction Rates in the Crusts of Neutron Stars
Barbara Golf, Joe Hellmers, Fridolin Weber
This paper presents an investigation into the pycnonuclear reaction rates in dense crustal matter of neutron stars contaminated with strange quark matter nuggets. The presence of s…