Is holographic quark-gluon plasma homogeneous?
We present evidence for a spatially modulated instability within the deconfined quark-gluon plasma phase of QCD, based on robust predictions from holographic models. In these models, which are accurately fitted to lattice data, the instability is driven by the Chern-Simons term mandated by the flavor anomalies of QCD. Such an instability occurs universally across holographic models at surprisingly low densities, within the crossover region amenable to lattice and experimental studies, therefore inviting further explorations of inhomogeneous phases in this region.
Authors
- Niko Jokela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5215-5384)
- Aleksi Piispa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9748-013X)
- Matti Järvinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9916-6275)
- Anonymous
Institutions
- Wrocław University of Science and Technology (PL)
- Pohang University of Science and Technology (KR)
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2026-01-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/vrf4-s1sk
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 27.96