----- Original Message ----- From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 6:12 PM Subject: Re: Scouted: Strange Quark Stars
> > Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > >Astronomers have discovered a pair of collapsed stars, remnants of > >catastrophic supernova explosions, that may be composed entirely of free > >quarks, the never-before-observed building blocks of the protons and > >neutrons that make up normal matter. > > > The subject scared me. I thought you wrote (Strange Quark) Stars, > not Strange (Quark Stars) - the former would _really_ deny some > of the basic laws of physics, because AFAIK Strange Matter decays > pretty fast, while the later had been predicted some time ago as > a stage between a neutron star and a black hole. > IIRC the article (as printed in the paper) *did* state that the up and down quarks changed into strange quarks and that the star in question might be made of strange quarks. Now I wish I had the print version with me so I could compare it with the online version. quote (online version): In that case, some of the original up and down quarks would have been transformed into "strange" quarks (hence the name). I wont pretend to understand the subject *that* well, but that does seem to be the implication. Anyone seen reference to this in a reputable science news outlet? xponent Quark Strangeness And Charm Maru rob
