Nuclear matter and chiral phase transition at large-$N_{c}$

TL;DR

This paper investigates the properties of nuclear matter and the chiral phase transition in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) as the number of colors becomes large, focusing on zero temperature and density conditions.

Contribution

It explores the existence of nuclear matter and the nature of the chiral phase transition in the large-$N_{c}$ limit of QCD, providing insights into phase diagram behaviors.

Findings

Nuclear matter may not exist at large $N_{c}$

Chiral phase transition characteristics change with $N_{c}$

Results inform the understanding of QCD phase structure at large $N_{c}$

Abstract

Two aspects of the QCD phase diagrams are studied in the limit of a large number of colors: at zero temperature and nonzero density the (non)existence of nuclear matter, and at zero density and nonzero temperature the chiral phase transition.