Abstract
We derive a compact, semialgebraic expression for the cold-quark-matter equation of state (EoS) in a covariant model that exhibits coincident deconfinement and chiral symmetry restoring transitions in medium. In doing so we obtain algebraic expressions for the number- and scalar-density distributions in both the confining Nambu and the deconfined Wigner phases and the vacuum-pressure difference between these phases, which defines a bag constant. Our qualitative study illustrates that a confining interaction can materially alter distribution functions from those of a Fermi gas and impact significantly on a system’s thermodynamic properties, possibilities that are apparent in the EoS.
- Received 3 November 2009
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.82.035801
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