Inhomogeneous color superconductivity and the cooling of compact stars
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In this talk I discuss the inhomogeneous (LOFF) color superconductive phases of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). In particular, I show the effect of a core of LOFF phase on the cooling of a compact star.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008