The topological long range order in QCD. Applications to heavy ion collisions and cosmology

The topological long range order in QCD. Applications to heavy ion collisions and cosmology

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We argue that the local violation of P invariance in heavy ion collisions is a consequence of the long range topological order which is inherent feature of strongly coupled QCD. A similar phenomenon is known to occur in some topologically ordered condensed matter systems with a gap. We also discuss...

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Main Author: Zhitnitsky Ariel R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2015-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20149503041
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spelling doaj-4d660470b394492693ea5239295b054b2021-08-02T01:48:18ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2015-01-01950304110.1051/epjconf/20149503041epjconf_icnfp2014_03041The topological long range order in QCD. Applications to heavy ion collisions and cosmologyZhitnitsky Ariel R.0Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British ColumbiaWe argue that the local violation of P invariance in heavy ion collisions is a consequence of the long range topological order which is inherent feature of strongly coupled QCD. A similar phenomenon is known to occur in some topologically ordered condensed matter systems with a gap. We also discuss possible cosmological applications of this long range order in strongly coupled gauge theories. In particular, we argue that the de Sitter behaviour might be dynamically generated as a result of the long range order. In this framework the inflaton is an auxiliary field which effectively describes the dynamics of topological sectors in a gauge theory in the expanding universe, rather than a new dynamical degree of freedom.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20149503041
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The topological long range order in QCD. Applications to heavy ion collisions and cosmology
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title The topological long range order in QCD. Applications to heavy ion collisions and cosmology
title_short The topological long range order in QCD. Applications to heavy ion collisions and cosmology
title_full The topological long range order in QCD. Applications to heavy ion collisions and cosmology
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title_full_unstemmed The topological long range order in QCD. Applications to heavy ion collisions and cosmology
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publishDate 2015-01-01
description We argue that the local violation of P invariance in heavy ion collisions is a consequence of the long range topological order which is inherent feature of strongly coupled QCD. A similar phenomenon is known to occur in some topologically ordered condensed matter systems with a gap. We also discuss possible cosmological applications of this long range order in strongly coupled gauge theories. In particular, we argue that the de Sitter behaviour might be dynamically generated as a result of the long range order. In this framework the inflaton is an auxiliary field which effectively describes the dynamics of topological sectors in a gauge theory in the expanding universe, rather than a new dynamical degree of freedom.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20149503041
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