Revisiting color superconductors in bottom-up holography
High Energy Physics - Theory
2025-05-30 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We revisit the problem of constructing a color superconducting phase in bottom-up holography. We introduce a model that describes the five-dimensional dynamics of a scalar field dual to a chiral symmetry breaking condensate, which is coupled to the RR 4-form. The coupling is given by a topological WZ term, which is elegantly responsible both for scalar condensation at high density, and color Higgsing in the condensed phase. This construction realizes both properties at finite density and Higgsing fraction.
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@article{arxiv.2501.16472,
title = {Revisiting color superconductors in bottom-up holography},
author = {Edwan Préau},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.16472},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
27 pages + Appendix; 14 figures. v3: added the last section with an example where the transition is first order