Nuclear matter and chiral phase transition at large-$N_c$

Abstract

Two aspects of the QCD phase diagrams are studied in the limit of a large number of colors: at zero temperature and nonzero density the (non)existence of nuclear matter, and at zero density and nonzero temperature the chiral phase transition.

Comments: Based on the presentation given at `Rencontres de Moriond, QCD and High Energy Interactions', March 20-27 2011, La Thuile (Italy). 4 pages