Electroweak stars: how nature may capitalize on the standard model's ultimate fuel

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We study the possible existence of an electroweak star - a compact stellar-mass object whose central core temperature is higher than the electroweak symmetry restoration temperature.

• We found a solution to the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equations describing such an object.
• The parameters of such a star are not substantially different from a neutron star - its mass is around 1.3 Solar masses while its radius is around 8 km.
• What is different is the existence of a small electroweak core.