Quark Matter at High Baryon Density, Conformality and Quarkyonic Matter

Abstract

This paper discusses high-baryon-density quarkyonic matter in the context of recent observations concerning neutron stars and the qualitative reasons why quarkyonic matter explains certain features of the equation of state that arises from these observations. The paper then provides a qualitative discussion of the quarkyonic hypotheses, and the essential features of quarkyonic matter that explain the outstanding features of the equation of state.

Keywords

• quarkyonic matter
• high baryon density QCD
• conformality