Chiral Doubling, Renormalization Group Fixed Points, and Dense Matter Equations of State

Abstract

We review a top-down fixed-point-extrapolation paradigm as a unified effective field theory framework for hadronic spectroscopy, dense baryonic matter, and compact star physics. By formulating our effective Lagrangian directly at renormalization group (RG) fixed points and introducing minimal symmetry breaking, we extrapolate the theory back to physical environments. In the vacuum, this framework naturally reproduces the heavy-light meson parity-doubling spectrum via light vector meson loops. In dense matter, the interplay between the chiral-invariant nucleon mass m0 and walking vector couplings reconciles gravitational-wave constraints with $2M_{\odot }$ massive neutron stars. Generalization to a quark-hadron hybrid approach further illuminates sequential deconfinement, core stability, and baryon number fluctuations, demonstrating how underlying RG fixed points dictate hadronic dynamics from vacuum to neutron star interiors.

Comments: 10 pages, prepared for Advancing the Frontiers: A Memorial Collection in Honor of Mannque Rho, to be published from the Journal of Subatomic Particles and Cosmology, Elsevier