Electron shielding of vortons in high-density quark matter
arXiv:1112.1386 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.85.043008
Abstract
We consider the the effect of the electron cloud about a vorton in the CFL-$K^0$ high-density phase by numerically solving the ultrarelativistic Thomas-Fermi equation about a toroidal charge. Including electrons removes the electric monopole contribution to the energy, and noticeably decreases the equilibrium radius of these stable vortex loops.
8 pages, 4 figures