Ginzburg-Landau free energy of crystalline color superconductors: a matrix formalism from solid-state physics

DOI10.1088/0253-6102/64/6/687zbMATH Open1330.82060arXiv1503.07124OpenAlexW3102603228MaRDI QIDQ5744232FDOQ5744232

Authors: Gaoqing Cao, Lianyi He 

Publication date: 18 February 2016

Published in: Communications in Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Ginzburg-Landau (GL) free energy of crystalline color superconductors is important for understanding the nature of the phase transition to the normal quark matter and predicting the preferred crystal structure. So far the GL free energy at zero temperature has only been evaluated up to the sixth order in the condensate. To give quantitative reliable predictions we need to evaluate the higher-order terms. In this work, we present a new derivation of the GL free energy by using the discrete Bloch representation of the fermion field. This derivation introduces a simple matrix formalism without any momentum constraint, which may enable us to calculate the GL free energy to arbitrary order by using a computer.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.07124

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zbMATH Keywords

Ginzburg-Landau free energycolor superconductorsLOFF pairing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10)

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• Gapless two-flavor color superconductor
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• The Ginzburg-Landau theory and the surface energy of a colour superconductor

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