Exotic Phases in Magnetars

Abstract

Neutron stars feature extremely high magnetic fields with deduced field strengths of $10^{15}$ G in the case of magnetars and potentially much higher values inside of the star. In this context we consider the appearance of ${\rho }^{-}$ meson condensation taking into account the effect of the magnetic field. The results show that, depending on parameters, such a condensation in magnetized neutron stars might (just) occur.

Contribution to the Proceedings of CSQCD IV, Prerow (2014)