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Instanton interactions in dense-matter QCD

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v2 High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory

Abstract

A Coulomb gas representation of dense-matter QCD is derived from a dual transformation of the low-energy effective Lagrangian. The point-like charges Q=+1,-1 of the gas are identified with the instantons and anti-instantons of such topological charges. An instanton repels another instanton with the same force as it attracts an anti-instanton, in contrast to the semiclassical interaction.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0103099,
  title  = {Instanton interactions in dense-matter QCD},
  author = {D. T. Son and M. A. Stephanov and A. R. Zhitnitsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0103099},
  year   = {2007}
}

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8 pages, Revtex (a typo fixed)