Strange Quark Matter in Stars: A General Overview

Abstract

The physics of strange quark matter in the core of compact stars and recent compact star data is reviewed. Emphasis is put on the possible existence of a third family of strange quark stars.

8 pages, 1 figure, plenary talk given at the 8th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM2004), Cape Town, South Africa, 15-20 September 2004

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• Discovery of the Neutron Star Spin Frequency in EXO 0748-676
• Phase diagram of dense neutral three-flavor quark matter
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