Classical stability of U(1)_A domain walls in dense matter QCD

Abstract

It was recently shown that there exists metastable U(1)_A domain wall configurations in high-density QCD (μ>> 1 GeV). In the following we will assess the stability of such non-trivial field configurations at intermediate densities (μ< 1 GeV). The existence of such configurations at intermediate densities could have interesting consequences for the physics of neutron stars with high core density.

13 pages, 2 Postscript figures, typos corrected

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• Domain walls of high-density QCD
• Global Strings in High Density QCD
• Charged and superconducting vortices in dense quark matter
• Instanton interactions in dense-matter QCD

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