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Phase diagram of dense quark matter in QCD-like theories

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-06-15 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

I report the results of a series of works on the phase diagram of theories with a different number of colors and/or quarks in a different representation than in QCD. Similarities as well as differences as compared to the real world are pointed out, focusing in particular on the interplay of confinement and chiral symmetry breaking. It will be argued that recent lattice data may provide us with a clue to understand deconfinement in cold dense quark matter.

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@article{arxiv.1011.1111,
  title  = {Phase diagram of dense quark matter in QCD-like theories},
  author = {Tomas Brauner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.1111},
  year   = {2011}
}

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3 pages, 1 pdf figure; talk at the conference "Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum IX", Madrid, August 30-September 3, 2010