Magnetic Phases in Dense Quark Matter

Abstract

In this paper I discuss the magnetic phases of the three-flavor color superconductor. These phases can take place at different field strengths in a highly dense quark system. Given that the best natural candidates for the realization of color superconductivity are the extremely dense cores of neutron stars, which typically have very large magnetic fields, the magnetic phases here discussed could have implications for the physics of these compact objects.

Comments: Presented at VII Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Applications, El Cusco, Peru, June 2007