Speaker
Prof.
Mark Alford
(Washington University in St. Louis)
Description
I will describe what the standard model leads us to expect for the densest phase of matter: quark matter. Quark matter is predicted to have a rich phase structure, including color superconductors, superfluids, insulators, and crystals.
Quark matter may exist in nature, formed in the ultra-compressed cores of neutron stars: I will review the search for signatures of its presence.
Primary author
Prof.
Mark Alford
(Washington University in St. Louis)
