Published July 18, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Breached pairing superfluidity: Possible realization in QCD

  • 1. Center for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)

Description

We propose a wide universality class of gapless superfluids, and analyze a limit that might be realized in quark matter at intermediate densities. In the breached pairing color superconducting phase heavy s quarks, with a small Fermi surface, pair with light u or d quarks. The ground state has a superfluid and a normal Fermi component simultaneously. We expect a second-order phase transition, as a function of increasing density, from the breached pairing phase to the conventional color-flavor locked phase

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
91
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 032001-032001.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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