Testing the QGP Star Hypothesis: The oMEGACat BH-2 System as a Candidate Color-Superconducting Quark-Gluon Plasma Star

arXiv:2608.24505 · astro-ph.HE, gr-qc, hep-ph, nucl-th · Submitted 2026-07-22 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, gr-qc, hep-ph, nucl-th

Submitted: 2026-07-22

Updated: 2026-09-05

Comments: 7 pages, 3 figures

Project page: https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/image/ligo20260526a

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Consistency — 5× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Quark-Gluon Plasma — 5× in this paper
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Degeneracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Metallicity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

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