Quarkyonic Matter and the Phase Diagram of QCD

Abstract

Quarkyonic matter is a new phase of QCD at finite temperature and density which is distinct from the confined and de-confined phases. Its existence is unambiguously argued in the large number of colors limit in QCD. Hints of its existence for 3 color QCD are shown in lattice Monte-Carlo data and heavy ion experiments.

Comments: Invited talk presented at Continuous Advances in QCD, May 15-18, 2008, Minneapolis, MN