Color superconductivity in a strong external magnetic field
Abstract
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We explore the effects of an applied strong external magnetic field in a three flavor massless color superconductor. The long-range component of the B field that penetrates the superconductor enhances some quark condensates, leading to a different condensation pattern. The external field also reduces the flavor symmetries in the system, and thus it changes drastically the corresponding low energy physics. Our considerations are relevant for the study of highly magnetized compact stars.
4 pages; talk given at Strong and Electroweak Matter (SEWM06), BNL, May 2006
4 pages; talk given at Strong and Electroweak Matter (SEWM06), BNL, May 2006