The gauge/gravity duality, combined with information from lattice QCD, nuclear theory, and perturbative QCD, can be used to constrain the equation of state of hot and dense QCD. I discuss an approach based on the holographic V-QCD model. I start by reviewing the results from the construction of the V-QCD baryon as a soliton of the gauge fields in the model.
Then I discuss implementing nuclear matter in the model by using a homogeneous approach. The model predicts a strongly first order phase transition from nuclear to quark matter with a critical endpoint. By using the model in state-of-the-art simulations of neutron star binaries with parameters consistent with GW170817, I study the formation of quark matter during the merger process.
Jarvinen, M. (2023). Holographic baryons, dense matter and neutron star mergers. Journal of Holography Applications in Physics, 3(3), 1-22. doi: 10.22128/jhap.2023.695.1054
MLA
Matti Jarvinen. "Holographic baryons, dense matter and neutron star mergers". Journal of Holography Applications in Physics, 3, 3, 2023, 1-22. doi: 10.22128/jhap.2023.695.1054
HARVARD
Jarvinen, M. (2023). 'Holographic baryons, dense matter and neutron star mergers', Journal of Holography Applications in Physics, 3(3), pp. 1-22. doi: 10.22128/jhap.2023.695.1054
VANCOUVER
Jarvinen, M. Holographic baryons, dense matter and neutron star mergers. Journal of Holography Applications in Physics, 2023; 3(3): 1-22. doi: 10.22128/jhap.2023.695.1054
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