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We study SU(2) lattice gauge theory with two flavors of Wilson fermion at non-zero chemical potential μ and low temperature on a 83×16 system. We identify three régimes along the μ-axis. For μ≲mπ/2 the system remains in the vacuum phase and all physical observables considered remain essentially unchanged. The intermediate régime is characterised by a non-zero diquark condensate and an associated increase in the baryon density, consistent with what is expected for Bose–Einstein condensation of tightly bound diquarks. We also observe screening of the static quark potential here. In the high-density deconfined régime we find a non-zero Polyakov loop and a strong modification of the gluon propagator, including significant screening in the magnetic sector in the static limit, which must have a non-perturbative origin. The behaviour of thermodynamic observables and the superfluid order parameter are consistent with a Fermi surface disrupted by a BCS diquark condensate. The energy per baryon as a function of μ exhibits a minimum in the deconfined régime, implying that macroscopic objects such as stars formed in this theory are largely composed of quark matter.
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Hands, S., Kim, S. & Skullerud, JI. Deconfinement in dense two-color QCD. Eur. Phys. J. C 48, 193–206 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2006-02621-8
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