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Superconducting phases of strongly-interacting matter in large magnetic fields

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2023-12-19 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory

Abstract

The large magnetic fields of neutron stars and produced in heavy-ion collisions motivate investigation into the response of strongly-interacting matter to extreme magnetic forces beyond just theoretical interest. Furthermore, the varying temperature TT, baryon chemical potential μB\mu_B, and aforementioned magnetic fields BB, of these systems leads to questions concerning the phase structure of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) at large. At low temperatures, superconducting phases become a possible candidate for the ground state in the μB\mu_B-BB plane. This thesis investigates two scenarios where these phases emerge at T=0T=0, with an emphasis on the type-II regime. Preceding the presentation of these works, the μB\mu_B-BB plane of the QCD phase diagram is reviewed such that the results can be placed in the wider context of this plane.

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@article{arxiv.2312.10703,
  title  = {Superconducting phases of strongly-interacting matter in large magnetic fields},
  author = {Geraint W. Evans},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.10703},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

117 pages (excluding appendices and bibliography etc.), 23 figures, PhD thesis