Abstract
Important progress in understanding the behavior of hadronic matter at high\ndensity has been achieved recently, by adapting the techniques of condensed\nmatter theory. At asymptotic densities, the combination of asymptotic freedom\nand BCS theory make a rigorous analysis possible. New phases of matter with\nremarkable properties are predicted. They provide a theoretical laboratory\nwithin which chiral symmetry breaking and confinement can be studied at weak\ncoupling. They may also play a role in the description of neutron star\ninteriors. We discuss the phase diagram of QCD as a function of temperature and\ndensity, and close with a look at possible astrophysical signatures.\n
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Asymptotic freedomQuantum chromodynamicsPhysicsQCD matterParticle physicsHadronTheoretical physicsNeutron starPhase diagramDense matterChiral symmetryCoupling (piping)Strange matterPhase (matter)Quantum mechanics
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Krishna Rajagopal,
Frank Wilczek
(2001).
THE CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS OF QCD.
WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks
, 2061-2151.
https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812810458_0043
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- 10.1142/9789812810458_0043