Astrophysics of Strange Matter

TL;DR

This paper reviews the role of strange quark matter and QCD phase transitions in early universe, compact stars, and laboratory conditions, emphasizing different temperature and chemical potential regimes.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive review of strange quark matter and phase transitions across various astrophysical and experimental scenarios.

Findings

QCD phase transition impacts early universe and compact stars

Laboratory studies focus on high temperature, low chemical potential

Future experiments aim to explore large chemical potential, low temperature regimes

Abstract

The QCD phase transition has important consequences in the context of both the early universe as well as compact stars. Such transitions are being studied for high temperature and small chemical potential scenario in the laboratory. There are also plans to study systems with large chemical potential and small temperatures. Here we have reviewed the role of strange quark matter and the phase transition in all the above scenarios.