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QCD-like Theories at Finite Baryon Density

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We study QCD-like theories with pseudoreal fermions at finite baryon density. Such theories include two-color QCD with quarks in the fundamental representation of the color group as well as any-color QCD with quarks in the adjoint color representation. In all such theories the lightest baryons are diquarks. At zero chemical potential $\mu$ they are, together with the pseudoscalar mesons, the Goldstone modes of a spontaneously broken enlarged chiral symmetry group. Using symmetry principles, we derive the low-energy effective Lagrangian for these particles. We find that a second order phase transition occurs at a value of $\mu$ equal to half the mass of the Goldstone modes. For values of $\mu$ beyond this point the scalar diquarks Bose condense and the diquark condensate is nonzero. We calculate the dependence of the chiral condensate, the diquark condensate, the baryon charge density, and the masses of the diquark and pseudoscalar excitations on $\mu$ at finite bare quark mass and scalar diquark source. The relevance of our results to lattice QCD calculations and to real three-color QCD at finite baryon density is discussed.

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Strongly Interacting Dark Matter admixed Neutron Stars

hep-ph · 2025-03-25 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Strongly interacting dark matter described by a first-principles G2 gauge-theory equation of state can be mixed into neutron stars while remaining compatible with current observational constraints.

Dense $\mathrm{QC_2D_2}$ with uniform matrix product states

hep-lat · 2026-05-16 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Uniform MPS simulations of dense 1+1D SU(2) gauge theory find Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid infrared behavior with central charge 1, density modulations at the predicted wavenumber, and a smooth crossover in the Luttinger parameter from K~1 to K~1/2 that realizes the quarkyonic picture with coexisting q

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  • Strongly Interacting Dark Matter admixed Neutron Stars hep-ph · 2025-03-25 · unverdicted · none · ref 71 · internal anchor

    Strongly interacting dark matter described by a first-principles G2 gauge-theory equation of state can be mixed into neutron stars while remaining compatible with current observational constraints.

  • Dense $\mathrm{QC_2D_2}$ with uniform matrix product states hep-lat · 2026-05-16 · unverdicted · none · ref 57 · internal anchor

    Uniform MPS simulations of dense 1+1D SU(2) gauge theory find Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid infrared behavior with central charge 1, density modulations at the predicted wavenumber, and a smooth crossover in the Luttinger parameter from K~1 to K~1/2 that realizes the quarkyonic picture with coexisting q

  • Chiral Magnetic Effect and Negative Magnetoresistance across the phase diagram of finite-density SU(2) gauge theory hep-lat · 2026-05-06 · unverdicted · none · ref 22

    In SU(2) lattice QCD at finite density, the chiral magnetic effect from axial-vector correlators remains close to the free massless quark value with weak T and mu dependence in the plasma, while negative magnetoresistance from vector correlators is strongly suppressed at high density or temperature.