Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 242301 (2003) [4 pages]

Electromagnetic Meissner Effect in Spin-One Color Superconductors

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Andreas Schmitt1 *, Qun Wang1,2 , and Dirk H. Rischke1
1Institut für Theoretische Physik, J. W. Goethe-Universität, D-60054 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
2Physics Department, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, People’s Republic of China

Received 28 February 2003; published 12 December 2003

It is shown that color-superconducting quark matter, where quarks of the same flavor form Cooper pairs with spin one, exhibits an electromagnetic Meissner effect. This is in contrast to spin-zero color superconductors where Cooper pairs consist of quarks with different flavors.


©2003 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v91/e242301
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.242301
PACS: 12.38.Mh, 24.85.+p

* Electronic address: aschmitt@th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de
Electronic address: qwang@th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de
Electronic address: drischke@th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de

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