Novel Phases of a Baryon-Dense QCD-like Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2025-07-15 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
We investigate the phases of a strongly coupled QCD-like theory at finite baryon chemical potential using s-confining supersymmetric QCD deformed by anomaly-mediated supersymmetry breaking. Focusing on the case of three colors and four flavors, we identify novel phases including spontaneous breaking of baryon number and/or parity. Both first-order and second-order phase transitions are observed as the baryon chemical potential is varied. These findings may offer insights into possible phases of real QCD at intermediate baryon densities.
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@article{arxiv.2506.18964,
title = {Novel Phases of a Baryon-Dense QCD-like Theory},
author = {Yang Bai and Carlos Henrique de Lima and Daniel Stolarski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.18964},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
23 pages, 5 figures. Small typo fixed in Figure 4. Submitted to JHEP