Quantum Kinetics of Deconfinement Transitions in Dense Nuclear Matter: Dissipation Effects at Low Temperatures
arXiv:nucl-th/9710012 · doi:10.1143/PTP.98.739
Abstract
Effects of energy dissipation on quantum nucleation of two-flavor quark matter in dense nuclear matter encountered in neutron star cores are examined at low temperatures. We find that low-energy excitations of nucleons and electrons reduce the nucleation rate exponentially via their collisions with the surface of a quark matter droplet.
9 pages (LaTeX, PTP style), 2 Postscript figures, to be published in Prog. Theor. Phys. (Letters)