Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model of homogeneous neutral quark matter: Pseudoscalar diquark condensates revisited
- Institut fuer Kernphysik, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt (Germany)
We use a Nambu-Jona-Lasinio type model to investigate the phase diagram of dense quark matter under neutron star conditions in mean-field approximation. The model contains self-consistently determined quark masses and allows for diquark condensation in the scalar as well as in the pseudoscalar channel. The latter gives rise to the possibility of K{sup 0} condensation in the color-flavor locked phase. In agreement with earlier studies we find that this CFLK{sup 0} phase covers large regions of the phase diagram and that the predominant part of this phase is fully gapped. We show, however, that there exists a region at very low temperatures where the CFLK{sup 0} solutions become gapless, possibly indicating an instability towards anisotropic or inhomogeneous phases. The physical significance of solutions with pseudoscalar diquark condensates in the 2SC phase is discussed as well.
- OSTI ID:
- 21415202
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 81, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.054033; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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