Related papers: High Density Quark Matter under Stress

Chiral dynamics with strange quarks: Mysteries and opportunities

Recent developments and open issues in chiral dynamics with strange quarks are reviewed. Topics include: Order parameters of chiral symmetry breaking, the flavor dependence of these order parameters, speculations about the phase structure…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-17 Ulf-G. Meißner

Heavy Quark Solitons: Strangeness and Symmetry Breaking

We discuss the generalization of the Callan-Klebanov model to the case of heavy quark baryons. The light flavor group is considered to be $SU(3)$ and the limit of heavy spin symmetry is taken. The presence of the Wess-Zumino-Witten term…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Arshad Momen , Joseph Schechter , Anand Subbaraman

Anisotropic pressure in strange quark matter in the presence of a strong nonuniform magnetic field

Thermodynamic properties of strange quark matter (SQM) in a nonuniform magnetic field are studied within the phenomenological MIT bag model under the charge neutrality and beta equilibrium conditions, relevant to the interior of strange…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-09-05 A. A. Isayev

Chiral Disorder and QCD at Finite Chemical Potential

We investigate the effects of a finite chemical potential $\mu$ in QCD viewed as a disordered medium. In the quenched approximation, $A_4=i\mu$ induces a complex electric Aharonov-Bohm effect that causes the diagonal contribution to the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Romuald A. Janik , Maciej A. Nowak , Gabor Papp , Ismail Zahed

Quark running mass and vacuum energy density in truncated Coulomb gauge QCD for five orders of magnitude of current masses

We study in detail the effect of the finite current quark mass on chiral symmetry breaking, in the framework of truncated Coulomb gauge QCD with a linear confining quark-antiquark potential. In the chiral limit of massless current quarks,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-19 P. Bicudo

Color screening in a constituent quark model of hadronic matter

The effect of color screening on the formation of a heavy quark-antiquark ($Q\bar{Q}$) bound state--such as the $J/\psi$ meson--is studied using a constituent-quark model. The response of the nuclear medium to the addition of two color…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 G. Toledo Sanchez , J. Piekarewicz

High Density QCD and Instantons

Instantons generate strong non-perturbative interactions between quarks. In the vacuum, these interactions lead to chiral symmetry breaking and generate constituent quark masses on the order of 300-400 MeV. The observation that the same…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 R. Rapp , T. Schaefer , E. V. Shuryak , M. Velkovsky

Observation of significant flavor-SU(3) breaking in the kaon wave function at $12~{\rm GeV}^2<Q^2<25~{\rm GeV}^2$ and discovery of the charmless decay $\psi(3770)\to K_S^0K_L^0$

We present cross sections for the reaction $e^+e^-\to K_S^0K_L^0$ at center-of-mass energies ranging from 3.51 GeV to 4.95 GeV using data samples collected in the BESIII experiment, corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 26.5…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-12-19 BESIII Collaboration , M. Ablikim , M. N. Achasov , P. Adlarson , X. C. Ai , R. Aliberti , A. Amoroso , M. R. An , Q. An , Y. Bai , O. Bakina , I. Balossino , Y. Ban , H. -R. Bao , V. Batozskaya , K. Begzsuren , N. Berger , M. Berlowski , M. Bertani , D. Bettoni , F. Bianchi , E. Bianco , A. Bortone , I. Boyko , R. A. Briere , A. Brueggemann , H. Cai , X. Cai , A. Calcaterra , G. F. Cao , N. Cao , S. A. Cetin , J. F. Chang , T. T. Chang , W. L. Chang , G. R. Che , G. Chelkov , C. Chen , Chao Chen , G. Chen , H. S. Chen , M. L. Chen , S. J. Chen , S. L. Chen , S. M. Chen , T. Chen , X. R. Chen , X. T. Chen , Y. B. Chen , Y. Q. Chen , Z. J. Chen , S. K. Choi , X. Chu , G. Cibinetto , S. C. Coen , F. Cossio , J. J. Cui , H. L. Dai , J. P. Dai , A. Dbeyssi , R. E. de Boer , D. Dedovich , Z. Y. Deng , A. Denig , I. Denysenko , M. Destefanis , F. De Mori , B. Ding , X. X. Ding , Y. Ding , Y. Ding , J. Dong , L. Y. Dong , M. Y. Dong , X. Dong , M. C. Du , S. X. Du , Z. H. Duan , P. Egorov , Y. H. Fan , J. Fang , S. S. Fang , W. X. Fang , Y. Fang , Y. Q. Fang , R. Farinelli , L. Fava , F. Feldbauer , G. Felici , C. Q. Feng , J. H. Feng , K Fischer , M. Fritsch , C. D. Fu , J. L. Fu , Y. W. Fu , H. Gao , Y. N. Gao , Yang Gao , S. Garbolino , I. Garzia , P. T. Ge , Z. W. Ge , C. Geng , E. M. Gersabeck , A Gilman , K. Goetzen , L. Gong , W. X. Gong , W. Gradl , S. Gramigna , M. Greco , M. H. Gu , Y. T. Gu , C. Y Guan , Z. L. Guan , A. Q. Guo , L. B. Guo , M. J. Guo , R. P. Guo , Y. P. Guo , A. Guskov , J. Gutierrez , T. T. Han , W. Y. Han , X. Q. Hao , F. A. Harris , K. K. He , K. L. He , F. H. H. Heinsius , C. H. Heinz , Y. K. Heng , C. Herold , T. Holtmann , P. C. Hong , G. Y. Hou , X. T. Hou , Y. R. Hou , Z. L. Hou , B. Y. Hu , H. M. Hu , J. F. Hu , T. Hu , Y. Hu , G. S. Huang , K. X. Huang , L. Q. Huang , X. T. Huang , Y. P. Huang , T. Hussain , N Hüsken , N. in der Wiesche , M. Irshad , J. Jackson , S. Jaeger , S. Janchiv , J. H. Jeong , Q. Ji , Q. P. Ji , X. B. Ji , X. L. Ji , Y. Y. Ji , X. Q. Jia , Z. K. Jia , H. J. Jiang , P. C. Jiang , S. S. Jiang , T. J. Jiang , X. S. Jiang , Y. Jiang , J. B. Jiao , Z. Jiao , S. Jin , Y. Jin , M. Q. Jing , X. M. Jing , T. Johansson , X. K. , S. Kabana , N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki , X. L. Kang , X. S. Kang , M. Kavatsyuk , B. C. Ke , V. Khachatryan , A. Khoukaz , R. Kiuchi , R. Kliemt , O. B. Kolcu , B. Kopf , M. Kuessner , A. Kupsc , W. Kühn , J. J. Lane , P. Larin , A. Lavania , L. Lavezzi , T. T. Lei , Z. H. Lei , H. Leithoff , M. Lellmann , T. Lenz , C. Li , C. Li , C. H. Li , Cheng Li , D. M. Li , F. Li , G. Li , H. Li , H. B. Li , H. J. Li , H. N. Li , Hui Li , J. R. Li , J. S. Li , J. W. Li , Ke Li , L. J Li , L. K. Li , Lei Li , M. H. Li , P. R. Li , Q. X. Li , S. X. Li , T. Li , W. D. Li , W. G. Li , X. H. Li , X. L. Li , Xiaoyu Li , Y. G. Li , Z. J. Li , Z. X. Li , C. Liang , H. Liang , H. Liang , Y. F. Liang , Y. T. Liang , G. R. Liao , L. Z. Liao , Y. P. Liao , J. Libby , A. Limphirat , D. X. Lin , T. Lin , B. J. Liu , B. X. Liu , C. Liu , C. X. Liu , F. H. Liu , Fang Liu , Feng Liu , G. M. Liu , H. Liu , H. B. Liu , H. M. Liu , Huanhuan Liu , Huihui Liu , J. B. Liu , J. Y. Liu , K. Liu , K. Y. Liu , Ke Liu , L. Liu , L. C. Liu , Lu Liu , M. H. Liu , P. L. Liu , Q. Liu , S. B. Liu , T. Liu , W. K. Liu , W. M. Liu , X. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. B. Liu , Z. A. Liu , Z. Q. Liu , X. C. Lou , F. X. Lu , H. J. Lu , J. G. Lu , X. L. Lu , Y. Lu , Y. P. Lu , Z. H. Lu , C. L. Luo , M. X. Luo , T. Luo , X. L. Luo , X. R. Lyu , Y. F. Lyu , F. C. Ma , H. Ma , H. L. Ma , J. L. Ma , L. L. Ma , M. M. Ma , Q. M. Ma , R. Q. Ma , X. Y. Ma , Y. Ma , Y. M. Ma , F. E. Maas , M. Maggiora , S. Malde , Q. A. Malik , A. Mangoni , Y. J. Mao , Z. P. Mao , S. Marcello , Z. X. Meng , J. G. Messchendorp , G. Mezzadri , H. Miao , T. J. Min , R. E. Mitchell , X. H. Mo , B. Moses , N. Yu. Muchnoi , J. Muskalla , Y. Nefedov , F. Nerling , I. B. Nikolaev , Z. Ning , S. Nisar , Q. L. Niu , W. D. Niu , Y. Niu , S. L. Olsen , Q. Ouyang , S. Pacetti , X. Pan , Y. Pan , A. Pathak , P. Patteri , Y. P. Pei , M. Pelizaeus , H. P. Peng , Y. Y. Peng , K. Peters , J. L. Ping , R. G. Ping , S. Plura , V. Prasad , F. Z. Qi , H. Qi , H. R. Qi , M. Qi , T. Y. Qi , S. Qian , W. B. Qian , C. F. Qiao , J. J. Qin , L. Q. Qin , X. S. Qin , Z. H. Qin , J. F. Qiu , S. Q. Qu , C. F. Redmer , K. J. Ren , A. Rivetti , M. Rolo , G. Rong , Ch. Rosner , S. N. Ruan , N. Salone , A. Sarantsev , Y. Schelhaas , K. Schoenning , M. Scodeggio , K. Y. Shan , W. Shan , X. Y. Shan , J. F. Shangguan , L. G. Shao , M. Shao , C. P. Shen , H. F. Shen , W. H. Shen , X. Y. Shen , B. A. Shi , H. C. Shi , J. L. Shi , J. Y. Shi , Q. Q. Shi , R. S. Shi , X. Shi , J. J. Song , T. Z. Song , W. M. Song , Y. J. Song , Y. X. Song , S. Sosio , S. Spataro , F. Stieler , Y. J. Su , G. B. Sun , G. X. Sun , H. Sun , H. K. Sun , J. F. Sun , K. Sun , L. Sun , S. S. Sun , T. Sun , W. Y. Sun , Y. Sun , Y. J. Sun , Y. Z. Sun , Z. T. Sun , Y. X. Tan , C. J. Tang , G. Y. Tang , J. Tang , Y. A. Tang , L. Y Tao , Q. T. Tao , M. Tat , J. X. Teng , V. Thoren , W. H. Tian , W. H. Tian , Y. Tian , Z. F. Tian , I. Uman , Y. Wan , S. J. Wang , B. Wang , B. L. Wang , Bo Wang , C. W. Wang , D. Y. Wang , F. Wang , H. J. Wang , J. P. Wang , K. Wang , L. L. Wang , M. Wang , Meng Wang , N. Y. Wang , S. Wang , S. Wang , T. Wang , T. J. Wang , W. Wang , W. Wang , W. P. Wang , X. Wang , X. F. Wang , X. J. Wang , X. L. Wang , Y. Wang , Y. D. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Y. L. Wang , Y. N. Wang , Y. Q. Wang , Yaqian Wang , Yi Wang , Z. Wang , Z. L. Wang , Z. Y. Wang , Ziyi Wang , D. Wei , D. H. Wei , F. Weidner , S. P. Wen , C. W. Wenzel , U. Wiedner , G. Wilkinson , M. Wolke , L. Wollenberg , C. Wu , J. F. Wu , L. H. Wu , L. J. Wu , X. Wu , X. H. Wu , Y. Wu , Y. H. Wu , Y. J. Wu , Z. Wu , L. Xia , X. M. Xian , T. Xiang , D. Xiao , G. Y. Xiao , S. Y. Xiao , Y. L. Xiao , Z. J. Xiao , C. Xie , X. H. Xie , Y. Xie , Y. G. Xie , Y. H. Xie , Z. P. Xie , T. Y. Xing , C. F. Xu , C. J. Xu , G. F. Xu , H. Y. Xu , Q. J. Xu , Q. N. Xu , W. Xu , W. L. Xu , X. P. Xu , Y. C. Xu , Z. P. Xu , Z. S. Xu , F. Yan , L. Yan , W. B. Yan , W. C. Yan , X. Q. Yan , H. J. Yang , H. L. Yang , H. X. Yang , Tao Yang , Y. Yang , Y. F. Yang , Y. X. Yang , Yifan Yang , Z. W. Yang , Z. P. Yao , M. Ye , M. H. Ye , J. H. Yin , Z. Y. You , B. X. Yu , C. X. Yu , G. Yu , J. S. Yu , T. Yu , X. D. Yu , C. Z. Yuan , L. Yuan , S. C. Yuan , Y. Yuan , Z. Y. Yuan , C. X. Yue , A. A. Zafar , F. R. Zeng , S. H. Zeng , X. Zeng , Y. Zeng , Y. J. Zeng , X. Y. Zhai , Y. C. Zhai , Y. H. Zhan , A. Q. Zhang , B. L. Zhang , B. X. Zhang , D. H. Zhang , G. Y. Zhang , H. Zhang , H. C. Zhang , H. H. Zhang , H. H. Zhang , H. Q. Zhang , H. Y. Zhang , J. Zhang , J. Zhang , J. J. Zhang , J. L. Zhang , J. Q. Zhang , J. W. Zhang , J. X. Zhang , J. Y. Zhang , J. Z. Zhang , Jianyu Zhang , L. M. Zhang , L. Q. Zhang , Lei Zhang , P. Zhang , Q. Y. Zhang , Shuihan Zhang , Shulei Zhang , X. D. Zhang , X. M. Zhang , X. Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. T. Zhang , Y. H. Zhang , Yan Zhang , Yao Zhang , Z. D. Zhang , Z. H. Zhang , Z. L. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , G. Zhao , J. Y. Zhao , J. Z. Zhao , Lei Zhao , Ling Zhao , M. G. Zhao , R. P. Zhao , S. J. Zhao , Y. B. Zhao , Y. X. Zhao , Z. G. Zhao , A. Zhemchugov , B. Zheng , J. P. Zheng , W. J. Zheng , Y. H. Zheng , B. Zhong , X. Zhong , H. Zhou , L. P. Zhou , X. Zhou , X. K. Zhou , X. R. Zhou , X. Y. Zhou , Y. Z. Zhou , J. Zhu , K. Zhu , K. J. Zhu , L. Zhu , L. X. Zhu , S. H. Zhu , S. Q. Zhu , T. J. Zhu , W. J. Zhu , Y. C. Zhu , Z. A. Zhu , J. H. Zou , J. Zu

Physics and Astrophysics of Strange Quark Matter

3-flavor quark matter (strange quark matter; SQM) can be stable or metastable for a wide range of strong interaction parameters. If so, SQM can play an important role in cosmology, neutron stars, cosmic ray physics, and relativistic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Jes Madsen

Chiral phase transition of $N_f$=2+1 and 3 QCD at vanishing baryon chemical potential

We present updated results on chiral phase structure in (2+1)-flavor ($N_f$=2+1) and 3-flavor ($N_f=3$) QCD based on the simulations using Highly Improved Staggered Quarks on lattices with temporal extent $N_\tau$ =6 at vanishing baryon…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2019-08-14 Heng-Tong Ding , Prasad Hegde

Unusual bound states of quark matter within the NJL model

Properties of dense quark matter in and out of chemical equilibrium are studied within the SU(3) Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model. In addition to the 4-fermion scalar and vector terms the model includes also the 6-fermion flavour mixing…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 I. N. Mishustin , L. M. Satarov , H. Stoecker , W. Greiner

Many flavor QCD with N_f=12 and 16

Information of the phase structure of many flavor SU(3) gauge theory is of great interest for finding a theory which dynamically breaks the electro-weak symmetry. We study the SU(3) gauge theory with fermions for $N_f=12$ and 16 in…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2012-02-23 Yasumichi Aoki , Tatsumi Aoyama , Masafumi Kurachi , Toshihide Maskawa , Kei-ichi Nagai , Hiroshi Ohki , Akihiro Shibata , Koichi Yamawaki , Takeshi Yamazaki

Thermodynamics of (2+1)-flavor strongly interacting matter at nonzero isospin

We investigate the phase structure of strongly interacting matter at non-vanishing isospin before the onset of pion condensation in the framework of the unquenched Polyakov-Quark-Meson model with 2+1 quark flavors. We show results for the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-01-15 Rainer Stiele , Eduardo S. Fraga , Juergen Schaffner-Bielich

Strong CP violation and chiral symmetry breaking in hot and dense quark matter

We investigate chiral symmetry breaking and strong CP violation effects in the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter. We demonstrate the effect of strong CP violating terms on the phase structure at finite temperature and densities…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-03 Bhaswar Chatterjee , Hiranmaya Mishra , Amruta Mishra

Heavy quark mass effects in parton-to-kaon hadronization probabilities

We examine the relevance of the heavy quarks masses in the perturbative QCD description of hard interactions where charged kaons are produced in the final state. We extract a set of parton-to-kaon hadronization probabilities from a next to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-01-02 Manuel Epele , Carlos García Canal , Rodolfo Sassot

Heavy meson chiral perturbation theory in finite volume

We study finite volume effects in heavy quark systems in the framework of heavy meson chiral perturbation theory for full, quenched, and partially quenched QCD. A novel feature of this investigation is the role played by the scales Delta…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2008-11-26 Daniel Arndt , C. -J. David Lin

Phase Fluctuation of Fermion Determinant in Lattice QCD at Finite Density

Once the quark chemical potential $\mu$ is introduced in finite density QCD, the fermion determinant appeared in the path integral measure becomes complex. In order to investigate the phase effect of SU(3) lattice QCD (2-flavors), we…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-11-10 Y. Sasai , A. Nakamura , T. Takaishi

Electric conductivity in finite-density SU(2) lattice gauge theory with dynamical fermions

We study the dependence of the electric conductivity on chemical potential in finite-density $SU(2)$ gauge theory with $N_f = 2$ flavours of rooted staggered sea quarks, in combination with Wilson-Dirac and Domain Wall valence quarks. The…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2020-11-25 P. V. Buividovich , D. Smith , L. von Smekal

Gapless Color-Flavor-Locked Quark Matter

In neutral cold quark matter that is sufficiently dense that the strange quark mass M_s is unimportant, all nine quarks (three colors; three flavors) pair in a color-flavor locked (CFL) pattern, and all fermionic quasiparticles have a gap.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Mark Alford , Chris Kouvaris , Krishna Rajagopal

Dense Stellar Matter with Strange Quark Matter Driven by Kaon Condensation

The core of neutron-star matter is supposed to be at a much higher density than the normal nuclear matter density for which various possibilities have been suggested such as, for example, meson or hyperon condensation and/or deconfined…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-10-07 Kyungmin Kim , Hyun Kyu Lee , Mannque Rho