Superconductivity in the quark matter

Jun 1, 1994
6 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 350 (1995) 163-168

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We explore the possibility of superconductivity of a system composed of an infinite number of quarks with a single flavor. If we assume that such quarks interact which each other via the one-gluon exchange potential, we find an attractive force between a pair of quarks in the color-triplet and spin-parallel state. Applying the mean field (BCS) theory to the system, we have a new superconducting state that has lower energy than the normal (degenerate Fermi gas) state. It is also shown that our system is described by both usual quasi-particles with a finite energy gap and gapless quasi-particles.
  • quark: matter
  • superconductivity
  • gluon: exchange
  • exchange: gluon
  • mean field approximation
  • Fermi gas
  • energy: gap
  • quark: interaction
  • interaction: quark
  • color: triplet