Chiral Phase Transitions around Black Holes

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential for chiral phase transitions near black holes, showing that inhomogeneous condensates can form in a gas of strongly interacting particles around the black hole.

Contribution

It introduces a model for chiral phase transitions around black holes and constructs explicit self-consistent solutions demonstrating condensate formation.

Findings

Inhomogeneous condensates form near black holes.

Chiral phase transitions can occur in strong gravitational fields.

Self-consistent solutions confirm the theoretical possibility.

Abstract

In this paper we discuss the possibility that chiral phase transitions, analogous to those of QCD, occur in the vicinity of a black hole. If the black hole is surrounded by a gas of strongly interacting particles, an inhomogeneous condensate will form. We demonstrate this by explicitly constructing self-consistent solutions.