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Semi-superfluid strings in High Density QCD

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-11 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We show that topological superfluid strings/vortices with flux tubes exist in the color-flavor locked (CFL) phase of color superconductors. Using a Ginzburg-Landau free energy we find the configurations of these strings. These strings can form during the transition from the normal phase to the CFL phase at the core of very dense stars. We discuss an interesting scenario for a network of strings and its evolution at the core of dense stars.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0509276,
  title  = {Semi-superfluid strings in High Density QCD},
  author = {A. P. Balachandran and S. Digal and T. Matsuura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0509276},
  year   = {2009}
}

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