Chromomagnetic instability in dense quark matter

2004/07/31 by Mei Huang, I. A. Shovkovy, Igor A. Shovkovy · 21 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #cond-mat.supr-con #hep-ph #hep-th #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.70.051501

published as Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 051501 · 5 pages and 2 figures. To appear in Phys. Rev. D; version slightly shortened on request of editors

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Abstract

The results for the Debye and Meissner screening masses of the gluons and the photon in the case of neutral and \ensuremathβ-equilibrated dense two-flavor quark matter are presented. In the limits of the normal phase and the ideal two-flavor color superconducting phase, the screening masses coincide with the known results. Most interestingly, we find that the Meissner screening masses squared can be negative, indicating a plasma-type chromomagnetic instability in dense quark matter.

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