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Phys. Rev. D 59, 094019 (1999) [8 pages]

Superconductivity by long-range color magnetic interaction in high-density quark matter

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D. T. Son*
Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Received 14 December 1998; published 6 April 1999

We argue that in quark matter at high densities, the color magnetic field remains unscreened and leads to the phenomenon of color superconductivity. Using the renormalization group near the Fermi surface, we find that the long-range nature of the magnetic interaction changes the asymptotic behavior of the gap Δ at large chemical potential μ qualitatively. We find Δμg-5exp[(-3π2/√2)/g], where g is the small gauge coupling. We discuss the possibility of breaking rotational symmetry by the formation of a condensate with nonzero angular momentum, as well as interesting parallels to some condensed matter systems with long-range forces.

© 1999 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.59.094019
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.59.094019
PACS:
12.38.Mh

*Email address: son@ctp.mit.edu