Exotic Superfluid Found in Ultradense Stellar Corpse
SOURCE: WIRED • 2011-02-25
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Physics • Nature • Astronomy • Condensed Matter Physics • Star Types • Exotic Matter • Phases Of Matter • Superfluid • Neutron Star • State Of Matter • Matter • Neutron • Human Interest
The ultradense remains of the galaxy's youngest supernova is full of bizarre quantum matter. Two new studies show for the first time that the core of the neutron star Cassiopeia A, is a superfluid, a friction-free state of matter that normally only exists in ultracold laboratory settings. read more »