The observational appearance of strange stars
Abstract
Strange quark matter with the density of ~ 5× 1014 g cm-3 might exist up to the surface of a strange star. This differs qualitatively from the case of a neutron star and opens observational possibilities to distinguish strange stars from neutron stars. The thermal emission of photons and e+e- pairs from the bare (or nearly bare) quark surface of hot strange stars is reviewed. Bare strange stars are reasonable candidates for soft gamma-ray repeaters. The bursting activity of a soft gamma-ray repeater may be explained by fast heating of the bare quark surface of a strange star up to the temperature of ~ (1-2)× 109 K and its subsequent thermal emission.
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