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Phys. Rev. D 70, 094030 (2004) [24 pages]

Screening masses in a neutral two-flavor color superconductor

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Mei Huang* and Igor A. Shovkovy
Institut für Theoretische Physik, J.W. Goethe-Universität, D-60054 Frankurt/Main, Germany

Received 6 September 2004; published 17 November 2004

The Debye and Meissner screening masses of the gluons and the photon in neutral and β-equilibrated dense two-flavor quark matter are calculated. The results are presented in a general form that can be used in gapped as well as gapless color superconducting phases. The results for the magnetic screening masses indicate that the system develops a chromomagnetic instability. Possible consequences of the instability are discussed.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.70.094030
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.70.094030
PACS:
12.38.Aw, 12.38.Mh, 26.60.+c

*Electronic address: huang@th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de; on leave of absence from Physics Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Electronic address: shovkovy@th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de; on leave of absence from Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, 03143, Kiev, Ukraine