1306.0148 (M. Angeles Perez-Garcia)

Deconfinement of quark content in neutron stars due to cosmic external agents    [PDF]

M. Angeles Perez-Garcia

We summarize in this contribution to the the proceedings of "Compact Stars in the QCD Phase Diagram III (CSQCD III)", December 12-15, 2012, Guaruja, SP, Brazil the possibility of an scenario involving the existence of cosmic external agents able to deposit energy in neutron stars by (co-) or self-annihilation. This, in turn, may drive a internal phase transition in neutron stars in a sort of Trojan mechanism disrupting the original configuration. This event would have macroscopic consequences, by changing the EoS of the object and by the emission of a multimessenger signal, that in the photon range could be detected with gamma rays of $\sim10-100$ keV.

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