Friday, May 6, 2005

Prof. Mark Alford

Dept of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis

"Superconducting Quarks"  

2:00 pm in room P-148

Abstract:  The densest predicted state of matter is color-superconducting quark matter, which has some affinities to electrical superconductors, but a much richer phase structure because quarks come in many varieties. This form of matter may well exist in the core of compact stars, and the search for signatures of its presence is currently proceeding. I will review the nature of color-superconducting quark matter, and discuss some ideas for finding it in nature.