The Evolution of Proto-Strange Stars

Abstract

We perform 1D calculations of neutrino opacities inside a young "strange star" assumed to be the result of the conversion process of a normal neutron object. We evaluate the deleptonization and cooling timescales, which happen to be longer than the proto-NS analogues, and preliminary address the features of the emerging neutrino signal.

7 pp. 1 figure. Contribution for the Conference Proceedings of the Compact Stars in the QCD Phase Diagram III (CSQCD III), December 12-15, 2012, Guarujá, Brazil