Quarkyonic Matter and Chiral Spirals

Abstract

The nuclear matter, deconfined quark matter, and Quarkyonic matter in low temperature region are classified based on the 1/Nc expansion. The chiral symmetry in the Quarkyonic matter is investigated by taking into account condensations of chiral particle-hole pairs. It is argued that the chiral symmetry and parity are locally violated by the formation of chiral spirals, < psibar exp(2 i mu z gamma^0 gamma^z) psi >. An extension to multiple chiral spirals is also briefly discussed.

Prepared for Hot Quark 2010, 4 pages

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• Solving two-dimensional large-N QCD with a nonzero density of baryons and arbitrary quark mass