Date: 9/04/2024 07:37:23
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 2143253
Subject: Massive neutron stars probably have cores of quark matter
The most massive neutron stars probably have cores of quark matter
https://phys.org/news/2024-01-massive-neutron-stars-cores-quark.html
Atoms are made of three things: protons, neutrons, and electrons. Electrons are a type of fundamental particle, but protons and neutrons are composite particles made of up and down quarks. Protons have 2 ups and 1 down, while neutrons have 2 downs and 1 up. Because of the curious nature of the strong force, these quarks are always bound to each other, so they can never be truly free particles like electrons, at least in the vacuum of empty space. But a new study in Nature Communications finds that they can liberate themselves within the hearts of neutron stars.
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