Novel phases of a baryon-dense QCD-like theory
A bstract We investigate the phases of a strongly coupled QCD-like theory at finite baryon chemical potential using s-confining supersymmetric QCD deformed by anomaly-mediated supersymmetry breaking. Focusing on the case of three colors and four flavors, we identify novel phases including spontaneous breaking of baryon number and/or parity. Both first-order and second-order phase transitions are observed as the baryon chemical potential is varied. These findings may offer insights into possible phases of real QCD at intermediate baryon densities.
Authors
- Daniel Stolarski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1783-8163)
- Carlos Henrique de Lima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5212-6145)
- Yang Bai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0621-1899)
Institutions
- Argonne National Laboratory (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Carleton University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Published
- 2025-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep12(2025)177
- Primary Topic
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Aspen Center for Physics
- TRIUMF
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Argonne National Laboratory