Properties of strange stars.

• Other Authors: Wong, Ka Wah.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: White dwarf stars; Quantum chromodynamics; Perturbation (Quantum dynamics); Equations of state
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5891677; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-324223

Wong Ka Wah = 奇異星的特性 / 黃嘉華. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-101). === Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese. === Wong Ka Wah = Qi yi xing de te xing / Huang Jiahua. === Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 === Chapter 1.1 --- History of Compact Stars --- p.1 === Chapter 1.2 --- The Proposal of Strange Quark Stars --- p.2 === Chapter 1.3 --- Outline of the Thesis --- p.3 === Chapter 2 --- Cold Equation of State from Perturbative QCD --- p.6 === Chapter 2.1 --- Description of Strange Quark Matter --- p.7 === Chapter 2.2 --- MIT Bag Model --- p.8 === Chapter 2.3 --- Perturbative QCD --- p.10 === Chapter 2.4 --- Comparison with MIT Bag Model --- p.11 === Chapter 3 --- Static Structure of Strange Stars --- p.16 === Chapter 3.1 --- Static Equilibrium --- p.16 === Chapter 3.2 --- Models --- p.18 === Chapter 3.3 --- Results of Global Properties and Discussions --- p.18 === Chapter 4 --- Stability of Strange Quark Matter --- p.25 === Chapter 4.1 --- Absolute Stable Condition --- p.25 === Chapter 4.2 --- Weak Stable Condition --- p.26 === Chapter 4.3 --- Stability Condition Compared to Neutron Stars --- p.27 === Chapter 4.4 --- Conclusion --- p.28 === Chapter 5 --- Effect of Massive Strange Quarks --- p.31 === Chapter 5.1 --- Numerical Analysis of the Effect of Strange Quark Mass on the EOS --- p.33 === Chapter 5.2 --- Structure of Strange Stars with Strange Quark Mass --- p.37 === Chapter 5.3 --- Conclusion --- p.38 === Chapter 6 --- QCD Phase Transition in a Compact Star --- p.46 === Chapter 6.1 --- Cooling Properties --- p.47 === Chapter 6.1.1 --- Heat capacity of quark stars --- p.49 === Chapter 6.1.2 --- Luminosity of quark stars --- p.50 === Chapter 6.1.3 --- Microphysics of the neutron star cooling --- p.54 === Chapter 6.2 --- Handling of the Phase Transition --- p.56 === Chapter 6.3 --- The Models --- p.59 === Chapter 6.4 --- Results --- p.60 === Chapter 6.4.1 --- Method 1 --- p.61 === Chapter 6.4.2 --- Method 2 --- p.66 === Chapter 6.5 --- Discussion and Conclusion --- p.66 === Chapter 7 --- Formation of a Strange Star --- p.73 === Chapter 7.1 --- Formalism of the Problem --- p.73 === Chapter 7.2 --- Lagrangian Hydrodynamics --- p.74 === Chapter 7.3 --- Hot Equation of State --- p.75 === Chapter 7.3.1 --- Nuclear Matter EOS --- p.75 === Chapter 7.3.2 --- Quark Matter EOS --- p.77 === Chapter 7.3.3 --- Mixed Phase --- p.78 === Chapter 7.4 --- Initial Models --- p.78 === Chapter 7.5 --- Results --- p.80 === Chapter 7.6 --- Discussion and Conclusion --- p.81 === Chapter 8 --- Conclusion --- p.95 === Bibliography --- p.98 === Chapter A --- Solving the EOS --- p.102 === Chapter B --- Solving C from Eq. (7.10) --- p.105