Abstract
In cold quark matter, quantum chromodynamic binding effects can favor clustering of three quarks into nucleon-like clusters. An equation of state of clustered quark matter is derived. It is estimated that the adiabatic transformation of nuclear matter to clustered quark matter sets in at about 1 baryon/fm3, while at the minimum of the energy per baryon the excitation energy relative to ordinary nuclear matter is only 200 MeV/b.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 703-708 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1986 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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