Magnetic vortex in color-flavor locked quark matter

Abstract

Within Ginzburg-Landau theory, we study the structure of a magnetic vortex in color-flavor locked quark matter. This vortex is characterized by winding of the SU(3) phase in color-flavor space, as well as by the presence of a color-flavor unlocked condensate in the core. We estimate the upper and lower critical fields and the critical Ginzburg-Landau parameter that distinguishes between type I and type II superconductors.

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• Phase diagram of dense neutral three-flavor quark matter
• Heating (Gapless) Color-Flavor Locked Quark Matter
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