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Dense QCD in a Finite Volume

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-07-15 v3 High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We study the properties of QCD at high baryon density in a finite volume where color superconductivity occurs. We derive exact sum rules for complex eigenvalues of the Dirac operator at finite chemical potential, and show that the Dirac spectrum is directly related to the color superconducting gap Δ\Delta. Also, we find a characteristic signature of color superconductivity: an X-shaped spectrum of partition function zeros in the complex quark mass plane near the origin, reflecting the Z(2)L×Z(2)RZ(2)_{L} \times Z(2)_{R} symmetry of the diquark pairing. Our results are universal in the domain Δ1Lmπ1\Delta^{-1} \ll L \ll m_{\pi}^{-1} where LL is the linear size of the system and mπm_{\pi} is the pion mass at high density.

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@article{arxiv.0902.4533,
  title  = {Dense QCD in a Finite Volume},
  author = {Naoki Yamamoto and Takuya Kanazawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.4533},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, 1 figure; v3. changed figure, added comments and references, final version to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett

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