Speaker
Bernd-Jochen Schaefer
Description
We investigate color superconductivity in two-flavor QCD and its impact on the equation of state for dense matter in neutron stars. Employing a quark-meson-diquark model truncation within the functional renormalization group framework, we analyze the formation of diquark and chiral condensates and characterize the resulting superconducting phase at high baryon densities.
Our results provide insights into the phase structure of QCD under extreme conditions and suggest that color-superconducting quark matter may play a significant role in the composition of neutron star cores and other astrophysical phenomena.
