Exotic star

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An exotic star is a hypothetical compact star composed of something other than electrons, protons, neutrons, and muons; and balanced against gravitational collapse by degeneracy pressure or other quantum properties. These include quark and strange stars (composed of quark or strange matter) and the more speculative preon stars (composed of preons). Exotic stars are largely theoretical, but candidates for such objects are occasionally seen.

Quark stars and strange stars

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Main article: Quark star

A quark star is a hypothesized object that results from the decomposition of neutrons into their constituent up and down quarks under gravitational pressure. It is expected to be smaller and denser than a neutron star, and may survive in this new state indefinitely if no extra mass is added. Effectively, it is a very large nucleon. Quark stars that contain strange matter are called strange stars.

Based on observations released by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory on April 10, 2002, two objects, designated RX J1856.5-3754 and 3C58, were suggested as quark star candidates. The former appeared much smaller and the latter much colder than expected for neutron stars, suggesting that they were composed of material denser than neutronium. However, these observations were met with skepticism by researchers who said the results were not conclusive.[who?]. After further analysis, RX J1856.5-3754 was excluded from the list of quark star candidates.

Electroweak stars

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Main article: Electroweak star

An electroweak star is a theoretical type of exotic star, whereby the gravitational collapse of the star is prevented by radiation pressure resulting from electroweak burning, that is, the energy released by conversion of quarks to leptons through the electroweak force. This process occurs in a volume at the star's core approximately the size of an apple, containing about two Earth masses.[1]

The stage of life of a star that produces an electroweak star is theorized to occur after a supernova collapse. Electroweak stars are denser than quark stars, and may form when quark degeneracy pressure is no longer able to withstand gravitational attraction, but may still be withstood by electroweak burning radiation pressure.[2] This phase of a star's life may last upwards of 10 million years.[1][2][3][4]

Preon stars

A preon star is a proposed type of compact star made of preons, a group of hypothetical subatomic particles. Preon stars would be expected to have huge densities, exceeding 1023 kg/m3. They may have greater densities than quark stars and neutron stars although they are smaller and lighter than white dwarfs and neutron stars.[5] Preon stars could originate from supernova explosions or the big bang. Such objects could be detected in principle through gravitational lensing of gamma rays. Preon stars are a potential candidate for dark matter. However, current observations[6] from particle accelerators speak against the existence of preons, or at least against the urgency of their study, as the Higgs boson/s are being detected and measured.

In general relativity, if the star collapses to a size smaller than its Schwarzschild radius, an event horizon will exist at that radius and the star will become a black hole. Thus the size of a preon star may vary from around 1 metre with an absolute mass of 100 earths to the size of a pea with a mass roughly equal to the Moon.

Boson stars

A boson star is a hypothetical astronomical object that is formed out of particles called bosons (conventional stars are formed out of fermions). For this type of star to exist, there must be a stable type of boson that possesses a small mass. As of 2002 there is no significant evidence that such a star exists. However, it may become possible to detect them by the gravitational radiation emitted by a pair of co-orbiting boson stars.[7][8]

Boson stars may have been formed through gravitational collapse during the primordial stages of the big bang.[9] At least in theory, a supermassive boson star could exist at the core of a galaxy, which might explain many of the observed properties of active galactic cores.[10] Boson stars have also been proposed as a candidate dark matter object.[11]

Planck star

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A Planck star is a hypothetical astronomical object where the energy density is around the Planck density (5.15500 × 1096 kg/m3). In 2014 Carlo Rovelli and Francesca Vidotto proposed that there is a Planck star inside a black hole.[12] This theory, if correct, would resolve the black hole firewall and black hole information paradox. This idea is based on loop quantum gravity.

See also

References

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  13. ↑ Small, dark, and heavy: But is it a black hole?, Matt Visser, Carlos Barcelo, Stefano Liberati, Sebastiano Sonego, February 2009
  14. ↑ How Quantum Effects Could Create Black Stars, Not Holes

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