Pairing in fermionic systems : basic concepts and modern applications / editors, Armen Sedrakian, John W. Clark, Mark Alford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alford, Mark Gower.

Clark, J. W. (John Walter), 1935-

Sedrakian, A. (Armen), 1965-

Series:

Series on advances in quantum many-body theory ; v. 8.

Series on advances in quantum many-body theory ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fermions.

Many-body problem.

Pairing correlations (Nuclear physics).

Superconductivity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cooper pairing of fermions is a profound phenomenon that has become very important in many different areas of physics in the recent past. This book brings together, for the first time, experts from various fields involving Cooper pairing, at the level of BCS theory and beyond, including the study of novel states of matter such as ultracold atomic gases, nuclear systems at the extreme, and quark matter with application to neutron stars. Cross-disciplinary in nature, the book will be of interest to physicists in many different specialties, including condensed matter, nuclear, high-energy, and a

Contents:

Contents ; Preface ; 1. Color Superconductivity in Dense but not Asymptotically Dense Quark Matter ; 1.1. Introduction ; 1.2. Review of color superconductivity ; 1.3. The crystallography of three-flavor quark matter ; 1.4. Coda ; Bibliography

2. Larkin-Ovchinnikov-Fulde-Ferrell Phases in QCD 2.1. Introduction ; 2.2. High density effective theory ; 2.3. Two-species fermions with unpaired Fermi surfaces ; 2.4. LOFF phase in QCD with two flavors: one plane wave ; 2.5. LOFF phase of QCD with two flavors and more plane waves

2.6. LOFF phase of QCD with three flavors in the GL approximation Bibliography ; 3. Phase Diagram of Neutral Quark Matter at Moderate Densities ; 3.1. Introduction ; 3.2. Model ; 3.3. Phase diagram in absence of neutrino trapping ; 3.4. Phase diagram in presence of neutrino trapping

3.5. Conclusions Bibliography ; 4. Spontaneous Nambu-Goldstone Current Generation Driven by Mismatch ; 4.1. Introduction ; 4.2. The gauged SU(2) Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model ; 4.3. Chromomagnetic instabilities driven by mismatch ; 4.4. Color-neutral baryon-current instability

4.5. Spontaneous Nambu-Goldstone current generation 4.6. Conclusion and discussion ; Bibliography ; 5. The CFL Phase and ms: An Effective Field Theory Approach ; 5.1. Introduction ; 5.2. High density effective theory ; 5.3. Chiral theory of the CFL phase ; 5.4. Cold atomic systems

5.5. Outlook

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611924553

9781281924551

1281924555

9789812773043

9812773045

OCLC:

879023678