Two-color QCD in 3D at finite baryon density

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 654, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 445-465

  Dunne, Gerald V ^a   Nishigaki, Shinsuke M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Baryon superconductivity; Chemical potential; Chiral Lagrangian; Flavor symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037474559     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(03)00034-8     Document Type: Review

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