Skyrmion stars: Astrophysical motivations and implications

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 639, Issue 1 I, 2006, Pages 354-362

  Jaikumar, Prashanth ^a   Ouyed, Rachid ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dense matter; Elementary particles; Neutrinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645011626     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499267     Document Type: Article

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