Semisuperfluid strings in high density QCD

We show that topological semisuperfluid strings exist in the color-flavor locked (CFL) phase of color superconductors. These semisuperfluid strings carry quantized flux of ordinary and color magnetic fields. Away from the core the behavior of the string is that of a superfluid string. Using a Ginzbu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review. D, Particles and fields Particles and fields, 2006-04, Vol.73 (7), Article 074009
Hauptverfasser: Balachandran, A. P., Digal, S., Matsuura, T.
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Zusammenfassung:We show that topological semisuperfluid strings exist in the color-flavor locked (CFL) phase of color superconductors. These semisuperfluid strings carry quantized flux of ordinary and color magnetic fields. Away from the core the behavior of the string is that of a superfluid string. Using a Ginzburg-Landau free energy we find the configurations of these strings. These strings can form during the transition from the normal phase to the CFL phase at the core of very dense stars. We discuss an interesting scenario for a network of strings and its evolution at the core of dense stars.
ISSN:1550-7998
0556-2821
1550-2368
1089-4918
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.73.074009