Understanding Neutron stars allows us to further understand Transients from Neutron Matter to the complex Quark, Partonic and Axion Gluon matter.
Harry,
Understanding Neutron Stars given as mostly made up of reverse beta decay hydrogen to Neutron Matter can't have anything to do with quarks or gluon matter because neither can survive outside the nucleon envelope/indestructible nucleon permeable mass-energy vessel sacs.
While nucleons, electrons, neutrinos and valence quarks are proven to exist as mass-energy vessel permeable sacs): The valence quarks and gluons can't exist outside the nucleon envelope and are irrelevent to understanding Neutron Stars Or Magnetars.
We are given that gluons are virtual particles that exist only inside the nucleon envelope and, possibly, nucleus of an atom!!
Under unique temporary circunstance per wikipedia): Quark-Gluon Plasma Is alleged): Production of QGP in the laboratory is achieved by colliding heavy atomic nuclei (called heavy ions as in an accelerator atoms are ionized) at relativistic energy in which matter is heated well above the Hagedorn Temperature
TH = 150 MeV per particle, which amounts to a temperature exceeding 1.66×10e12 K. This can be accomplished by colliding two large nuclei at high energy (note that 175 MeV is not the energy of the colliding beam). Lead and gold nuclei have been used for such collisions at CERN SPSt and BNL RHIC , respectively. The nuclei are accelerated to ultrarelativistic speeds (contracting their length)
and directed towards each other, creating a "fireball", in the rare event of a collision. Hydrodynamic simulation predicts this Fireball will expand under its own pressure, and cool while expanding. By carefully studying the spherical and elliptic flow, experimentalists put the theory to test.
Does Wiki support my postulate that gravity is a direct function of matter heating up with the given): "The nuclei are accelerated to ultrarelativistic speeds (contracting their length)"
and that as the Fireball matter cools Dark Energy is released with the given): The Fireball will expand under its own pressure and ool while expanding!!
Sooooo): What comes first the cooling or the expansion??