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Strange quark matter and models of strange stars

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In the framework of the MIT bag model we consider absolutely stable strange quark matter consisting of u, d, and s quarks and electrons. For a realistic range of parameters of the quark bag we compute the threshold density for the appearance of strange quark matter that is realized on the surface of self-sustaining strange stars. On the basis of twelve calculated equations of state we give a detailed study of the series of configurations of strange stars consistent with the best known observational data. We show that the binding energy of the models depends essentially on the quark-gluon interaction constant αc.

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    Yu. L. Vartanyan, A. R. Arutyunyan & A. K. Grigoryan

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Translated fromAstrofizika, Vol. 37, No. 3, 1994.

The authors are grateful to E. V. Chubaryan and A. M. Atoyan for assistance in overcoming the information blockade. The present paper was written in the framework of area 46/101 93-353, supported by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia.

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Vartanyan, Y.L., Arutyunyan, A.R. & Grigoryan, A.K. Strange quark matter and models of strange stars. Astrophysics 37, 271–280 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02058783

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