Baryonic matter and beyond

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent progress in understanding the ground state of dense baryonic matter, exploring phenomena like deconfinement, diquark states, topological effects, and inhomogeneous chiral condensates.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive summary of recent theoretical developments in the physics of dense baryonic matter and related exotic states.

Findings

Deconfinement transition from baryonic to quark matter

Existence of diquark mixtures in dense matter

Topological effects coupled with chirality and density

Abstract

We summarize recent developments in identifying the ground state of dense baryonic matter and beyond. The topics include deconfinement from baryonic matter to quark matter, a diquark mixture, topological effect coupled with chirality and density, and inhomogeneous chiral condensates.