Constraints on possible phase transitions above the nuclear saturation density

  • We compare different models for hadronic and quark phases of cold baryon rich matter in an attempt to find a deconfinement phase transition between them. For the hadronic phase we consider Walecka type mean field models which describe well the nuclear saturation properties. We also use the variational chain model which takes into account correlation effects. For the quark phase we consider the MIT bag model, the Nambu Jona-Lasinio and the massive quasiparticle models. By comparing pressure as a function of baryon chemical potential we find that crossings of hadronic and quark branches are possible only in some exceptional cases while for most realistic parameter sets these branches do not cross at all. Moreover, the chiral phase transition, often discussed within the framework of QCD motivated models, lies in the region where the quark phases are unstable with respect to the hadronic phase. We discuss possible physical consequences of these findings.

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Author:Igor N. MishustinORCiDGND, Leonid M. Satarov, Horst StöckerORCiDGND, Walter GreinerGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-21261
Document Type:Preprint
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2005/11/16
Year of first Publication:2002
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2005/11/16
Tag:Nambu-Jona-Lasinio; cold baryon rich matter
Source:Phys.Rev.C66:015202,2002. [hep-ph/0203241]
HeBIS-PPN:185779018
Institutes:Physik / Physik
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht