Open AccessThe swallowing of a quark star by a black hole
Author(s) -
Kluźniak Włodzimierz,
Lee William H.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-2966
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05819.x
Subject(s) - physics , quark star , exotic star , strange matter , black hole (networking) , coalescence (physics) , astrophysics , quark , up quark , stellar black hole , top quark , particle physics , astronomy , bottom quark , routing protocol , computer science , link state routing protocol , computer network , routing (electronic design automation) , galaxy
In three‐dimensional smooth particle hydrodynamic simulations of the coalescence of a quark star with a pseudo‐Newtonian black hole all of the quark matter is quickly accreted by the black hole. The Madsen–Caldwell–Friedman argument against the existence of quark stars may need to be re‐examined.