Inhomogeneous Chiral Phase in Quark Matter [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1707.02061


Recent development of inhomogeneous chiral phase in Kyoto group is briefly reviewed. First, the nesting effect of the Fermi surface is emphasized as a key mechanism leading to inhomogeneous chiral phase. After introduction of inhomogeneous chiral phase, some topological aspect is discussed in 1+1 dimensions and in the presence of the magnetic field in 1+3 dimensions. Spectral asymmetry gives rise to anomalous quark number and is closely related to chiral anomaly. It may induce spontaneous magnetization and a novel Lifshitz point may appear on the line $\mu=0$. Some astronomical implications are briefly discussed. Finally, the effects of the fluctuations around the order parameter are discussed; the propagator of the fluctuations exhibits a singularity at finite momentum and changes the properties of the phase transition through loop diagrams.

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T. Tatsumi
Mon, 10 Jul 17
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Comments: 8 pages,3 figures, Proc. of QCS2017 (Kyoto, Japan)