The Quark Pauli Principle and the Transmutation of Nuclear Matter
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| author | McLerran, Larry Miller, Gerald A. |
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| contents | The phase space density, $ρ^Q$, of quarks in nuclei is studied using realistic models of unintegrated quark distributions, known as transverse momentum densities (TMDs). If this density exceeds unity for matter at normal nuclear densities, the effects of the quark Pauli principle must play a role in nuclei, and models in which the nucleon density at low momentum is small (Quarkyonic matter) may become a starting point for an entirely new description of nuclei. We denote the nuclear density for which $ρ^Q=1$ to be a transmutation density, $n_T$, because quark degrees of freedom must be relevant at that density. Including the TMDs of [G. de Teramond et. al, \href{DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.182001} Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 120}, 182002, (2018)] for the valence quarks and phenomenological TMDs for the sea quarks we find that $n_T=0.17 \pm 0.04\,\rm fm^{-3}$, the density of normal nuclear matter. Some of fhe implications of this finding are discussed. |
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| spellingShingle | The Quark Pauli Principle and the Transmutation of Nuclear Matter McLerran, Larry Miller, Gerald A. Nuclear Theory High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment The phase space density, $ρ^Q$, of quarks in nuclei is studied using realistic models of unintegrated quark distributions, known as transverse momentum densities (TMDs). If this density exceeds unity for matter at normal nuclear densities, the effects of the quark Pauli principle must play a role in nuclei, and models in which the nucleon density at low momentum is small (Quarkyonic matter) may become a starting point for an entirely new description of nuclei. We denote the nuclear density for which $ρ^Q=1$ to be a transmutation density, $n_T$, because quark degrees of freedom must be relevant at that density. Including the TMDs of [G. de Teramond et. al, \href{DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.182001} Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 120}, 182002, (2018)] for the valence quarks and phenomenological TMDs for the sea quarks we find that $n_T=0.17 \pm 0.04\,\rm fm^{-3}$, the density of normal nuclear matter. Some of fhe implications of this finding are discussed. |
| title | The Quark Pauli Principle and the Transmutation of Nuclear Matter |
| topic | Nuclear Theory High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.11074 |