
We give a pedagogical review of the properties of the various meson condensation phases triggered by a large isospin or strangeness imbalance. We argue that these phases are extremely interesting and powerful playground for exploring the properties of hadronic matter. The reason is that they are realized in a regime in which various theoretical methods overlap with increasingly precise numerical lattice QCD simulations, providing insight on the properties of color confinement and of chiral symmetry breaking.
Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat), FOS: Physical sciences, QC770-798, Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Lattice, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), nuclear matter, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, quark matter, QCD phase diagram
Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat), FOS: Physical sciences, QC770-798, Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Lattice, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), nuclear matter, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, quark matter, QCD phase diagram
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