Quark Matter: From Subquarks to the Universe

The meaning of "e;quark matter"e; is twofold: It refers to 1) compound states of "e;subquarks"e; (the most fundamental constituents of matter), which quarks consist of, as "e;nuclear matter"e; to those of "e;nucleons"e; (the constituents of the nucleus), and 2) compound states of quarks that consist of roughly equal numbers of up, down, and strange quarks, and which may be absolutely stable. Recen...