Published February 27, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Vacuum Energy, EoS, and the Gluon Condensate at Finite Baryon Density in QCD

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1 (Canada)

Description

The Equation of States (EoS) plays the crucial role in all studies of neutron star properties. Still, a microscopical understanding of EoS remains largely an unresolved problem. We use 2-color QCD as a model to study the dependence of vacuum energy (gluon condensate in QCD) as function of chemical potential μ << ΛQCD where we find very strong and unexpected dependence on μ. We present the arguments suggesting that similar behavior may occur in 3-color QCD in the color superconducting phases. Such a study may be of importance for analysis of EoS when phenomenologically relevant parameters (within such models as MIT Bag model or NJL model) are fixed at zero density while the region of study lies at much higher densities not available for terrestrial tests

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
892
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 518-520
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
7. conference on quark confinement and the hadron spectrum
Acronym
QCHS7
Dates
2-7 Sep 2006
Place
Ponta Delgada, Acores (Portugal)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39074111
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BAG MODEL; BARYONS; COLOR MODEL; DENSITY; EQUATIONS OF STATE; GLUON CONDENSATION; NEUTRON STARS; POTENTIALS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUARK MATTER
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; HADRONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; PARTICLE MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUARK MODEL; STARS

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(c) 2007 American Institute of Physics