trailSome observed compact stars may be strange quark stars
Strange quark matter is the true ground state of baryonic matter
Stable or metastable strangelets can exist
Current astronomical observations cannot definitively distinguish strange quark stars from neutron stars
Some compact star observations are difficult to explain with conventional neutron star models
The compact object in HESS J1731-347 has a mass near 0.77 solar masses and a radius near 10.4 km
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Conventional supernova mechanisms cannot readily produce neutron stars with masses well below one solar mass
The pulsar XTE J1814-338 has an inferred radius of about 7 km, smaller than neutron star models predict
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Measured two-solar-mass pulsars are compatible with some quark star equations of state
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Up-down quark matter may be more stable than strange quark matter
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Some observed compact stars may be strange quark stars
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