2001/11/06 by Stephen D. H. Hsu
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ph #astro-ph
published as eConf C010815 (2002) 64-75 · 12 pages, 3 figures, invited lecture at Compact Stars in the QCD Phase Diagram held in Copenhagen (NORDITA and Niels Bohr Institute), 15-18 August, 2001
arxiv created 2001/11/06 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
I give a brief overview of our current understanding of the QCD phase diagram at finite temperature and baryon density. I emphasize phase transitions which occur at high density and low temperature (relative to the QCD scale), such as transition(s) to the color superconducting and chirally symmetric phases. These transitions might occur during violent astrophysical activity such as type II supernovae core bounce or neutron star mergers, and I discuss the possible consequences.