Large Mass and Chemical Potential Model: A Laboratory for QCD?

TL;DR

This paper explores a model using hopping parameter expansion to study QCD at high chemical potential, revealing behaviors associated with flavor-color locking phenomena.

Contribution

It introduces a large mass and chemical potential model as a new laboratory for investigating QCD at high density.

Findings

Observed flavor-color locking behavior at large chemical potential

Identified interesting phase transitions in the model

Provided insights into QCD behavior at high density

Abstract

We use a model based on the hopping parameter expansion to study QCD at large $\mu$. We find interesting behavior in the region expected to show flavor-color locking.