Generalized Nambu-Goldstone pion in dense matter: a schematic NJL model

Abstract

Chiral symmetry is always broken in cold, dense matter, by chiral condensation at low densities and by diquark condensation at high density. We construct here, within a schematic Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model, the corresponding generalized Nambu-Goldstone pion, $π_G$. As we show, the $π_G$ mode naturally emerges as a linear combination of the $\langle \bar{q}q\rangle$ vacuum pion $π$ and the $\langle qq \rangle$ diquark condensate pion $\tildeπ$, with $q$ the quark field, and continuously evolves with increasing density from being $π$-like in the vacuum to $\tildeπ$-like in the high density diquark pairing phase. We calculate the density-dependent mass, decay constant, and coupling to quarks of the $π_G$, and derive a generalized Gell-Mann--Oakes--Renner (GMOR) relation in the presence of a finite bare quark mass $m_q$. We briefly discuss the implications of the results to possible Bose condensation of $π_G$ in more realistic models.

15 pages, 7 figures, 1 table