Propagating combustion modes of the neutron-to-strange-matter conversion: the role of instabilities

DOI10.1142/S0218271810016531zbMATH Open1193.85001arXiv1005.4302OpenAlexW3121813335MaRDI QIDQ3583281FDOQ3583281

Authors: J. E. Horvath 

Publication date: 26 August 2010

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A variety of descriptions of the conversion of a neutron into a strange star have appeared in the literature over the years. Generally speaking, these works treat the process as a mere phase transition or ignore everything but microscopic kinetics, attempting to pin down the speed of the conversion and its consequences. We revisit in this work the propagation of the hypothetical "combustion" n $o$ SQM in a dense stellar environment. We address in detail the instabilities affecting the flame and present new results of application to the turbulent regime. The acceleration of the flame, the possible transition to the distributed regime and further deflagration-to-detonation mechanism are addressed. As a general result, we conclude that the burning happens in (at least) either the turbulent Rayleigh-Taylor or the distributed regime. In both cases the velocity of the conversion of the star is several orders of magnitude larger than vlam, making the latter irrelevant in practice for this problem. A transition to a detonation is by no means excluded, actually it seems to be favored by the physical setting, but a definitive answer would need a full numerical simulation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.4302

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zbMATH Keywords

instabilitiesstrange mattercombustion modes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15)

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• An overview of Rayleigh-Taylor instability
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