Abstract
The study of QCD at finite baryon density is severely hampered by the so-called fermion sign problem. As a result, we have no known first principles approach to study nuclear matter, or neutron stars from QCD. On the surface, the large Nc limit does not seem to simplify matters. In this limit, however, one can exploit dualities that exist between strongly coupled gauge theories. Our focus will be on some rather novel orbifold equivalences that have recently been discovered at finite density. These equivalences relate strongly coupled theories plagued by a sign problem, to strongly coupled theories free of sign problems. As a result, such dualities give deeper insight into the nature of the sign problem and possibly provide a way to simulate QCD at finite density in the large Nc limit.
Original language | English (US) |
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State | Published - 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 2011 Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society, DPF 2011 - Providence, United States Duration: Aug 9 2011 → Aug 13 2011 |
Conference
Conference | 2011 Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society, DPF 2011 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Providence |
Period | 8/9/11 → 8/13/11 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We are grateful to M. Hanada and N. Yamamoto for numerous enlightening discussions. Work supported in part by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics, under Grant No. DE-FG02-94ER-40818 (B.C.T.), and the CUNY Research Foundation (B.C.T.).
Publisher Copyright:
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