Four-fermion interaction in relativistic heavy ion collisions
- Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev (Ukraine)
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russian Federation)
A (nearly) perfect liquid discovered in experiments with ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions is investigated by studying the quark ensembles with four-fermion interaction considered as a fundamental theoretical approach. A comparative analysis of several quantum liquid models is performed, allowing one to conclude that the presence of gas-liquid phase transition is a characteristic feature of those models. The problem of the instability of the quark droplets with the small number of quarks, related with a possible formation of a chiral soliton, is discussed. A mixed phase of vacuum and baryon matter, as a possible scenario of its stability, is studied. Some aspects of the color superconductivity are considered. In addition, a recently proposed nontrivial thermodynamic state, called the fermion condensate, is studied. An analysis of unexpected opportunity to link the bare and effective coupling constants is performed within the framework of a simple model. It is pointed out that a simple subtraction procedure leads to the finite result without a typical logarithmic singularity for the observed coupling constant as a function of the transferred energy.
- OSTI ID:
- 22977216
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Particles and Nuclei, Vol. 44, Issue 3; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2013 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7796
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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