Some aspects of color superconductivity: an introduction

Details Some aspects of color superconductivity: an introduction Some aspects of color superconductivity: an introduction

2009-12-13

arxiv.org/abs/0912.2485v1

Progress in Physics 30, 173(2010)

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

87 pages, 18 figures, 10 tables

Scientific paper

A pedagogical introduction to color superconductivity in the weak coupling limit is given. The focus is on the basic tools of thermal field theory necessary to compute observables of color superconductivity. The rich symmetry structure and symmetry breaking patterns are analyzed on the basis of the Anderson-Higgs mechanism. Some techniques can also be applied for computing neutrino processes in compact stars. As an example, we show how to obtain the neutrino emissivity for Urca processes in neutron stars by computing the polarization tensor of the W-boson. We also illustrate how a spin-1 color superconducting phase generates an anisotropic neutrino emissions in compact stars.

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