The Phase Diagram of QCD and Some Issues of Large Nc

Abstract

The large Nc limit provides a good phenomenology of meson spectra and interactions. I discuss some problems with applying the large Nc approximation to the description of baryons, and point out a number of apparent paradoxes and phenomenological difficulties.

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• Phases of Dense Quarks at Large N_c
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• Baryons and the phase diagram for a large number of colors and flavors
• Chirally symmetric but confining dense and cold matter
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