Generalized Ginzburg–Landau approach to inhomogeneous phases in nonlocal chiral quark models

We analyze the presence of inhomogeneous phases in the QCD phase diagram within the framework of nonlocal chiral quark models. We concentrate in particular in the positions of the tricritical (TCP) and Lifshitz (LP) points, which are studied in a general context using a generalized Ginzburg–Landau a...

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Main Authors: J.P. Carlomagno, D. Gómez Dumm, N.N. Scoccola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-05-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037026931500266X