Color superconductivity in cold, dense quark matter

Abstract

We review what is different and what is similar in a color superconductor as compared to an ordinary BCS superconductor. The parametric dependence of the zero-temperature gap on the coupling constant differs in QCD from that in BCS theory. On the other hand, the transition temperature to the superconducting phase is related to the zero-temperature gap in the same way in QCD as in BCS theory.

11 pages, 1 figure, proceedings of the "Fifth Workshop on QCD", Villefranche, Jan. 3-7, 2000