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A quarksonic matter at high isospin density

Nuclear Theory 2017-02-21 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Analogous to the quarkyonic matter at high baryon density in which the quark Fermi seas and the baryonic excitations coexist, it is argued that a "quarksonic matter" phase appears at high isospin density where the quark (antiquark) Fermi seas and the mesonic excitations coexist. We explore this phase in detail in both large NcN_c and asymptotically free limits: In large NcN_c limit, we sketch a phase diagram for the quarksonic matter. In the asymptotically free limit, we study the pion superfluidity and thermodynamics of the quarksonic matter by using both perturbative calculations and effective model.

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@article{arxiv.1610.06438,
  title  = {A quarksonic matter at high isospin density},
  author = {Gaoqing Cao and Lianyi He and Xu-Guang Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.06438},
  year   = {2017}
}
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