Gluon Vortices and Induced Magnetic Field in Compact Stars
arXiv:0708.1618 · doi:10.1063/1.2813841
Abstract
The natural candidates for the realization of color superconductivity are the extremely dense cores of compact stars, many of which have very large magnetic fields, especially the so-called magnetars. In this paper we discuss how a color superconducting core can serve to generate and enhance the stellar magnetic field without appealing to a magnetohydrodynamic dynamo mechanism.
To appear in the Proceedings of the VII Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Applications. Cusco (Peru) June 2007