Physics of Strange Matter

The following sections are included:

• INTRODUCTION

• STRANGE QUARK MATTER

• STRANGE HADRONIC MATTER

  • Hypernuclei

  • Classification of Strange Hadronic Matter

  • Relativistic Mean-Field Model

  • Hyperon-Hyperon interactions

  • Properties of Strange Hadronic Matter

• STRANGE MATTER IN RELATIVISTIC HEAVY ION COLLISIONS

  • Strangeness separation during the QGP phase transition

  • Strangelet distillation

  • Detectability in heavy ion experiments

• STRANGE MATTER IN NEUTRON STARS

  • Strange quark matter stars

  • Strange hadronic matter inside neutron stars

• Acknowledgments

• References