Superconductivity from perturbative one gluon exchange in high density quark matter

Jun, 1999
19 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 60 (1999) 114033
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Report number:
  • IASSNS-HEP-99-58

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Abstract:
We study color superconductivity in QCD at asymptotically large chemical potential. In this limit, pairing is dominated by perturbative one-gluon exchange. We derive the Eliashberg equation for the pairing gap and solve this equation numerically. Taking into account both magnetic and electric gluon exchanges, we find Δg5exp(c/g)\Delta\sim g^{-5}\exp(-c/g) with c=3π2/2c=3\pi^2/\sqrt{2}, verifying a recent result by Son. For chemical potentials that are of physical interest, μ<1\mu< 1 GeV, the calculation ceases to be reliable quantitatively, but our results suggest that the gap can be as large as 100 MeV.
Note:
  • 19 pages, 6 figures. I accidentally replaced the paper with an outdated version. This version has typos corrected and will appear in PRD
  • quark: matter
  • matter: density
  • quantum chromodynamics: perturbation theory
  • color: superconductivity
  • potential: chemical
  • gluon: exchange
  • energy: gap
  • numerical calculations