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Towards a Stability Analysis of Inhomogeneous Phases in QCD
Theo F. Motta, Julian Bernhardt, Michael Buballa +1
The possible occurrence of crystalline or inhomogeneous phases in the QCD phase diagram at large chemical potential has been under investigation for over thirty years. Such phases…
Consequences of neutron decay inside neutron stars
Wasif Husain, Theo F. Motta, Anthony W. Thomas
The hypothesis that neutrons might decay into dark matter is explored using neutron stars as a testing ground. It is found that in order to obtain stars with masses at the upper en…
Improved Treatment of Dark Matter Capture in Neutron Stars III: Nucleon and Exotic Targets
Filippo Anzuini, Nicole F. Bell, Giorgio Busoni +4
We consider the capture of dark matter (DM) in neutron stars via scattering on hadronic targets, including neutrons, protons and hyperons. We extend previous analyses by including…
Nucleon Structure and Strong Interactions in Dark Matter Capture in Neutron Stars
Nicole F. Bell, Giorgio Busoni, Theo F. Motta +3
We outline two important effects that are missing from most evaluations of the dark matter capture rate in neutron stars. As dark matter scattering with nucleons in the star involv…
Compact stars with strongly coupled quark matter in a strong magnetic field
D. A. Fogaça, S. M. Sanches, T. F. Motta +1
Some time ago we have derived from the QCD Lagrangian an equation of state (EOS) for the cold quark matter, which can be considered an improved version of the MIT bag model EOS. Co…