Domain Walls of High-Density QCD

D. T. Son, M. A. Stephanov, and A. R. Zhitnitsky
Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3955 – Published 30 April 2001
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Abstract

We show that in very dense quark matter there must exist metastable domain walls where the axial U(1) phase of the color-superconducting condensate changes by 2π. The decay rate of the domain walls is exponentially suppressed and we compute it semiclassically. We give an estimate of the critical chemical potential above which our analysis is under theoretical control.

  • Received 17 December 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3955

©2001 American Physical Society

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D. T. Son1,4, M. A. Stephanov2,4, and A. R. Zhitnitsky3

  • 1Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
  • 2Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7059
  • 3Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
  • 4RIKEN-BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973

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Vol. 86, Iss. 18 — 30 April 2001

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