Speaker
Andreas Windisch
(Washington University in St Louis)
Description
It is generally believed that systems with two fermion species that form Cooper pairs form a neutral state, where the number densities of the two fermion species are equal. This belief is based on mean field calculations with a zero-range contact interaction. We have put this claim to the test using a Yukawa model, where the interaction range is finite. The results of this study suggest that the conclusions drawn from the zero-range interaction case may not be as general as initially believed. Our findings also support the results of an earlier Dyson-Schwinger based study that found the color-flavor locked phase to be non-neutral. As a next step, we are now moving on from employing a Yukawa model to using actual QCD degrees of freedom.
Primary authors
Mark Alford
(Washington University, St Louis)
Dr
Kamal Pangeni
Andreas Windisch
(Washington University in St Louis)
