Color Superconductivity and Blinking Proto-Neutron Stars
Abstract
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If quark matter exists in the cores of neutron stars, it is most likely color superconducting. Thus a phase transition from free to paired quark matter might occur during the first minute of proto-neutron star evolution. In this talk I discuss how critical behavior of the medium will modify neutrino diffusion, possibly leading to a short temporal variation in the neutrino signal detected on Earth.
6 pages, 4 figures, includes econfmacros.tex; talk at "Compact Stars in the QCD Phase Diagram", Nordita, 15-18 August 2001
6 pages, 4 figures, includes econfmacros.tex; talk at "Compact Stars in the QCD Phase Diagram", Nordita, 15-18 August 2001