The phase diagram of dense QCD

2010/05/31 by Kenji Fukushima, Tetsuo Hatsuda · 18 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Baryon #Chiral symmetry #Chiral symmetry breaking #Condensed matter physics #Critical point (mathematics) #Deconfinement #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Order (exchange) #Particle physics #Phase (matter) #Phase diagram #Phase transition #Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum chromodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Quark #Symmetry (geometry) #Theoretical physics #hep-ph #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0034-4885/74/1/014001

published as Rept.Prog.Phys.74:014001,2011 · 48 pages; 15 figures; 4 tables; review submitted to Reports on Progress in Physics; some discussions clarified and updated in the revision

arxiv created 2010/08/18 · openalex publication_date 2010/12/08 · arxiv updated 2015/03/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

The current status of theoretical studies on the quantum chromodynamics (QCD) phase diagram at finite temperature and baryon chemical potential is reviewed with special emphasis on the origin of various phases and their symmetry breaking patterns. Topics include quark deconfinement, chiral symmetry restoration, order of the phase transitions, QCD critical point(s), colour superconductivity, various inhomogeneous states and implications from QCD-like theories.

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