arXiv:0710.2445·v1·High Energy Physics — Phenomenology
Magnetization of Color-Flavor Locked Matter
Jorge Noronha (Frankfurt U., FIAS)🇩🇪 · Igor A. Shovkovy (Western Illinois U.)🇺🇸
Abstract
We show that the magnetization in color-flavor locked superconductors can be so strong that homogeneous quark matter becomes metastable for a wide range of magnetic field values. This indicates that magnetic domains or other type of magnetic inhomogeneities can be present in the quark cores of magnetars.
Comments: 2 pages, to appear in the proceedings of the International Symposium on Exotic States of Nuclear Matter (EXOCT 2007), Catania, Italy, 11-15 Jun 2007