
pmid: 11177889
arXiv: hep-ph/0005225
QCD at finite isospin chemical potential mu_I has no fermion sign problem and can be studied on the lattice. We solve this theory analytically in two limits: at low mu_I where chiral perturbation theory is applicable, and at asymptotically high mu_I where perturbative QCD works. At low isospin density the ground state is a pion condensate, whereas at high density it is a Fermi liquid with Cooper pairing. The pairs carry the same quantum numbers as the pion. This leads us to a conjecture that the transition from hadron to quark matter is smooth, which passes several tests. Our results imply a nontrivial phase diagram in the space of temperature and chemical potentials of isospin and baryon number.
4 pages, 1 figure, version to appear in PRL
Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Lattice, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat), FOS: Physical sciences, 530
Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Lattice, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat), FOS: Physical sciences, 530
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