Thermodynamics of two-color QCD and the Nambu Jona-Lasinio model

Claudia Ratti, Wolfram Weise

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Abstract

We investigate two-flavor and two-color QCD at finite temperature and chemical potential in comparison with a corresponding Nambu and Jona-Lasinio model. By minimizing the thermodynamic potential of the system, we confirm that a second-order phase transition occurs at a value of the chemical potential equal to half the mass of the chiral Goldstone mode. For chemical potentials beyond this value the scalar diquarks undergo Bose condensation and the diquark condensate is nonzero. We evaluate the behavior of the chiral condensate, the diquark condensate, the baryon charge density and the masses of scalar diquark, antidiquark and pion, as functions of the chemical potential. Very good agreement is found with lattice QCD (Nc = 2) results. We also compare with a model based on leading-order chiral effective field theory.

Original languageEnglish
Article number054013
Pages (from-to)054013-1-054013-12
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume70
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2004
Externally publishedYes

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