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Was GW190814 a black hole -- strange quark star system?
I. Bombaci, A. Drago, D. Logoteta +2
We investigate the possibility that the low mass companion of the black hole in the source of GW190814 was a strange quark star. This possibility is viable within the so-called two…
Why can hadronic stars convert into strange quark stars with larger radii
Alessandro Drago, Giuseppe Pagliara
The total binding energy of compact stars is the sum of the gravitational binding energy and the nuclear binding energy , the last being related to the microphysic…
Exotic atoms at extremely high magnetic fields: the case of neutron star atmosphere
Andrea Fontana, Alessandro Colombi, Pietro Carretta +8
The presence of exotic states of matter in neutron stars (NSs) is currently an open issue in physics. The appearance of muons, kaons, hyperons, and other exotic particles in the in…
Conditions for the existence of stable strange quark matter
Nicola Andrea Dondi, Alessandro Drago, Giuseppe Pagliara
We discuss the possible existence of absolutely stable strange quark matter within three different types of chiral models. We will show that confinement plays a crucial role in det…
Combustion of a hadronic star into a quark star: the turbulent and the diffusive regimes
Alessandro Drago, Giuseppe Pagliara
We argue that the full conversion of a hadronic star into a quark or a hybrid star occurs within two different regimes separated by a critical value of the density of the hadronic…
Condition for the burning of hadronic stars into quark stars
A. Drago, G. Pagliara
We will review the approach used for studying the conversion of a hadronic star into a quark star based on the assumption of a infinitely thin combustion zone and we will discuss w…