Speaker
Andreas Schmitt
(TU Wien)
Description
QCD is notoriously difficult to solve at nonzero baryon density, and most models or effective theories of dense quark or nuclear matter are restricted to a particular density regime and/or a particular form of matter. I will discuss the question
whether holographic methods can provide a realistic strong-coupling description of dense matter. In particular, I will ask the question whether the holographic Sakai-Sugimoto model fulfills two basic requirements of real-world cold and dense matter, a first-order onset of nuclear matter and a chiral phase transition at high density to quark matter.
Such a model would be extremely useful for astrophysical applications because it would provide a single equation of state for all densities relevant in a compact star.
Primary author
Andreas Schmitt
(TU Wien)
