Fermion mass and the pressure of dense matter

Abstract

We consider a simple toy model to study the effects of finite fermion masses on the pressure of cold and dense matter, with possible applications in the physics of condensates in the core of neutron stars and color superconductivity.

Comments: 3 pages, 2 figures. Presented at Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum 7, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal, 2-7 Sep 2006