Superconducting K strings in high density QCD

Details Superconducting K strings in high density QCD Superconducting K strings in high density QCD

2002-04-05

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0204064v2

JHEP 0208 (2002) 013

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

10 pages, 2 Postscript figures. Discussion improved and acknowledgement added

Scientific paper

10.1088/1126-6708/2002/08/013

Recently it has been argued that the ground state of high density QCD is likely be a combination of the CFL-phase along with condensation of the K^0 field. This state spontaneously breaks a global U(1)_Y symmetry, therefore one would expect the formation of U(1)_Y global strings. We discuss the core structure of these strings and demonstrate that under some conditions the global U(1)_Y symmetry may not be restored inside the string, in contrast with the standard expectations. Instead, K^+ condensation occurs inside the core of the string if a relevant parameter \cos\theta_K = \mkzero^2/\mu_eff^2 is larger than some critical value \theta_K > \theta_crit. If this phenomenon happens, the U(1)_Y strings become superconducting and may considerably influence the magnetic properties of dense quark matter, in particular in neutron stars.

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