Generalized Pions in Dense QCD
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2007-05-23 v3 Nuclear Theory
Abstract
QCD superconductors in the color-flavor-locked (CFL) phase sustain light Goldstone modes (that will be referred to as generalized pions) that can be described as pairs of particle and/or hole excitations around a gapped Fermi surface. In weak coupling and to leading logarithm accuracy, their form factor, mass and decay constant can be evaluated exactly. These modes are found to satisfy an axial-Ward-identity, constraining the mass of the Goldstone modes in the CFL phase.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9910550,
title = {Generalized Pions in Dense QCD},
author = {Mannque Rho and Andreas Wirzba and Ismail Zahed},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9910550},
year = {2007}
}
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13 pages, 4 figures, version to be published in PLB