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Precursor of color superconductivity in hot quark matter

M. Kitazawa, T. Koide, T. Kunihiro, Y. Nemoto

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.65.091504 · Physical Review D

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Abstract

We investigate the possible precursory phenomena of color superconductivity in quark matter at finite temperature T with use of a low-energy effective theory of QCD. It is found that the fluctuating pair field exists with a prominent strength even well above the critical temperature Tc. We show that the collective pair field has a complex energy located in the second Riemann sheet, which approaches the origin as T is lowered to Tc. We discuss the possible relevance of the precursor to the observables to be detected in heavy ion collisions.

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