https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202227408006
Holographic dense QCD in the Veneziano limit
1 Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang, 37673, Korea
2 Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, Korea
Published online: 22 December 2022
Solving the properties of dense QCD matter is an extremely challenging problem because standard theoretical tools do not work at intermediate densities. The gauge/gravity duality may help to provide answers in this region. I give a brief review of recent progress in this field, focusing on the V-QCD model, which is one of the most sophisticated holographic models of QCD. I discuss predictions for the phase diagram, the equation of state, and properties of baryons. I apply these results to analyze the properties of neutron stars and to quark matter production in neutron star mergers.
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