The Equation of State for Cold and Dense Strongly Interacting Matter
arXiv:nucl-th/0301062
Abstract
We discuss recent results for the equation of state for cold and dense strongly interacting matter. We consider the extreme cases of very high densities, where weak-coupling approaches may in principle give reasonable results, and very low densities, where we use the framework of heavy-baryon chiral perturbation theory. We also speculate on the nature of the chiral transition and present possible astrophysical implications.
4 pages, 8 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the International Conference on Theoretical Physics (TH-2002); v2: minor changes, references added