Quarkyonic percolation in dense nuclear matter

TL;DR

This paper explores a new percolation phase transition in dense nuclear matter across varying N_c, temperature, and density, with implications for understanding QCD in the large-N_c limit.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of a quarkyonic percolation phase transition in dense nuclear matter and analyzes its implications for the QCD phase diagram.

Findings

Identification of a new percolation phase transition in dense nuclear matter

Analysis of the transition's implications for large-N_c QCD extrapolations

Potential impact on understanding the QCD phase diagram

Abstract

We examine the phase diagram of hadronic matter when the number of colours $N_c$, as well as temperature and density, are varied. We show that in this regime a new percolation phase transition is possible, and examine the implications of this transition for extrapolations to physical QCD of the large-N_c limit.