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arxiv: hep-ph/0404290 · v1 · submitted 2004-04-30 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-lat· nucl-th

New phases in CFL quark matter

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We consider order $\alpha_s$ corrections to the squared masses of the pseudo-Goldstone excitations about the ground state of dense quark matter. We show that these contributions tend to destabilize the vacuum, leading to a surprisingly complex phase structure for quark matter as a function of quark mass, even for small $\alpha_s$. In particular we find two new phases of CFL quark matter possibly relevant for the real world, for which the QCD angle theta-bar equals pi/2.

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