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arxiv: 0908.3276 · v1 · submitted 2009-08-22 · ✦ hep-ph

Quarks and baryons in QCD at finite density

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keywords multiquarkquarkstringchemicaldensitiesdensityfiniteneutron
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The mechanism of string creation for light quarks developed earlier is considered for nonzero quark chemical potential. A strong modification of the confining string due to finite quark density (chemical quark potential $\mu$) is observed. As a surprising result in a multiquark system with a common string junction an attractive well appears of radius $\mu/\sigma$ and of an average depth equal to $\mu$, which induces formation of multiquark hadrons. Preliminary estimates predict a new phase transition to multiquark hadron phase at rather high densities (in heavy ion collisions or in neutron stars) when neutron matter is compressed to 3-4 normal nuclear densities.

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