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Spin polarization and color superconductivity in quark matter

E. Nakano, T. Maruyama, T. Tatsumi

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.68.105001 · Physical Review D

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Abstract

A coexistent phase of spin polarization and color superconductivity in high-density QCD is investigated using a self-consistent mean-field method at zero temperature. The axial-vector self-energy stemming from the Fock exchange term of the one-gluon-exchange interaction has a central role in causing spin polarization. The magnitude of spin polarization is determined by the coupled Schwinger-Dyson equations with a superconducting gap function. As a significant feature, the Fermi surface is deformed by the axial-vector self-energy and then rotation symmetry is spontaneously broken down. The gap function results in being anisotropic in the momentum space in accordance with the deformation. As a result of numerical calculations, it is found that spin polarization barely conflicts with color superconductivity, but almost coexists with it.

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