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Kei Iida

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Hadron spectra of finite-density QC$_2$D

We investigate the chemical-potential dependence of hadron spectra in two-color QCD using first-principles lattice simulations. We compute two-point correlation functions for all allowed hadronic operators by newly including the contributions from disconnected diagrams, and extract the corresponding effective masses. In the meson sector, the mass hierarchy in the hadronic phase (normal vacuum) is found to be $m_\pi \lesssim m_{\eta} < m_\sigma \mathrm{(noisy)} < m_\rho \sim m_\omega \ll m_{a_1}$, which is similar to that in three-color QCD. In the superfluid phase, this hierarchy is modified, and with increasing density it changes to $m_\sigma \mathrm{(noisy)} < m_{a_1} < m_\rho < m_\pi \sim m_{\eta} \mathrm{(noisy)} \ll m_{\omega} \mathrm{(noisy)}$. In the diquark sector, the ordering remains as $m_{NG} \lesssim m_{I=0, S} < m_{I=1, AV} < m_{I=0, PS} \lesssim m_{I=0, V}$ in both phases, and the Nambu--Goldstone mode associated with spontaneous breaking of $U(1)_B$ is confirmed to be nearly massless. Furthermore, by comparing correlators for chiral partners, we find indications of chiral symmetry restoration at high density.

hep-lat

Emergent Weyl Nodes and Berry Curvature in Bose Polarons via $p$-Wave Feshbach Coupling

We show that an impurity quasiparticle immersed in a Bose-Einstein condensate, known as a Bose polaron, exhibits topological properties characterized by a nonzero Berry curvature, which is induced by Weyl nodes that emerge via interspecies $p$-wave Feshbach resonance. Such nodes occur even in the absence of spin degrees of freedom and spin-orbit coupling. For charged impurities, the corresponding $p$-wave polarons are shown to be accompanied by chiral anomaly. The above predictions can be tested in a cold atomic environment by observing the Hall transport of the atomic or ionic impurity cloud.

cond-mat.quant-gas

Quarkyonic matter and hadron-quark crossover from an ultracold atom perspective

The dense matter equation of state is of great interest due to the recent development of astrophysical observations for neutron stars. A rapid increase in pressure indicates a continuous crossover from a hadron phase to a quark phase without any phase transitions, yet its microscopic mechanism remains elusive. Recently, a peak in the speed of sound and a baryon momentum-shell structure, which are predicted from a quarkyonic matter picture, have been regarded as key features of the hadron-quark crossover. In this work, we explore a field-theoretical framework to describe the hadron-quark crossover, drawing an analogy with the Bose-Einstein condensate to Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BEC-BCS) crossover established in ultracold atomic experiments. Strikingly, a peak in the speed of sound and the baryon momentum-shell structure can simultaneously be explained by the tripling fluctuation effect arising from a different context of quantum many-body physics. We demonstrate these properties in a simplified model and provide a microscopic derivation of the quarkyonic matter model within our field-theoretical framework.

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Speed of sound exceeding the conformal bound in dense QCD-like theories

We investigated the phase structure and the equation of state (EoS) for dense two-color QCD at low temperatures using the lattice Monte Carlo simulations. A rich phase structure below the pseudo-critical temperature $T_c$ as a function of quark chemical potential has been revealed. In a high-density regime, we can see a superfluid phase, where the diquark condensate takes a non-zero expectation value. We have newly found that the speed of sound exceeds the conformal bound, which is the value of the relativistic free theory. This talk is based on Refs.~\cite{Iida:2022hyy, Iida:2024irv, Itou:2025vcy}.

hep-lat

Tunable Fujita-Miyazawa-Type Three-Body Force in Ultracold Atoms

We show how a Fujita-Miyazawa-type three-body force emerges among three impurity atoms immersed in an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate near an interspecies Feshbach resonance. As a result of thermal average over excitations in the medium and impurities as well as expansion with respect to the impurity-medium and Feshbach resonance couplings, two superfluid phonons and a closed channel resonance play a role in producing an effective three-body force, as in the original three-nucleon case in which two pions and a $\Delta$ resonance are involved. The proposed Fujita-Miyazawa-type three-body force can be enhanced by tuning the closed-channel energy level via an external magnetic field, and moreover, its strength can be confirmed experimentally by measuring the impurity equation of state. Our result gives a new insight into an analogy between atomic polarons and nuclear few-body systems.

cond-mat.quant-gas

Phase and equation of state of finite density QC$_2$D at lower temperature

We investigate the phase structure and the equation of state (EoS) for dense two-color QCD at low temperatures, $T = 40$ MeV ($32^4$ lattice) and $T = 80$ MeV ($16^4$ lattice). A rich phase structure below the pseudo-critical temperature $T_c$ as a function of quark chemical potential $\mu$ has been revealed. By performing $T = 40$ MeV simulations, essentially similar results to the previous ones at $T = 80$ MeV are obtained, but several finer understandings are achieved. Breaking of the conformal bound is also confirmed thanks to smaller statistical errors. This talk is mainly based on Refs.~\cite{Iida:2022hyy, Iida:2024irv}. It also includes related studies and subsequent developments that were not mentioned in the original papers.

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Tripling Fluctuations and Peaked Sound Speed in Fermionic Matter

A crossover involving three-fermion clusters is relevant to the hadron-quark crossover, which, if occurring in a neutron star, could naturally reproduce the dense-matter equation of state recently deduced from simultaneous observations of neutron-star masses and radii. To understand the crossover mechanism, we examine the role of tripling fluctuations induced by the formation of three-fermion clusters. The phase-shift representation of fluctuations manifests an interplay of bound and scattering states, leading to non-monotonic momentum distributions of baryon-like clusters and peaked sound speed at finite densities. We demonstrate them by applying our approach to a nonrelativistic system of one-dimensional three-color fermions analogous to the hadron-quark matter.

hep-ph

Polaronic neutron in dilute alpha matter: A $p$-wave Bose polaron

We theoretically investigate quasiparticle properties of a neutron immersed in an alpha condensate, which is one of the possible states of dilute symmetric nuclear matter. The resonant $p$-wave neutron-alpha scattering, which plays a crucial role in forming halo nuclei, is considered. This system is similar to a Bose polaron near the $p$-wave Feshbach resonance that can be realized in cold-atomic experiments. Calculating the self-energy within the field-theoretical approach, we give an analytical formula for the effective mass of a polaronic neutron as a function of alpha condensation density. Moreover, two adjacent neutrons in a medium, each of which behaves like a stable polaron having an enhanced effective mass, can form a bound dineutron, with the help of $^1S_0$ neutron-neutron attraction. This is in contrast to the case of the vacuum, where a dineutron is known to be unbound. Our result would be useful for understanding many-body physics in astrophysical environments as well as the formation of multi-nucleon clusters in neutron-halo nuclei.

nucl-th

Lattice study on finite density QC$_2$D towards zero temperature

We investigate the phase structure and the equation of state (EoS) for dense two-color QCD (QC$_2$D) at low temperature ($T = 40$ MeV, $32^4$ lattice) for the purpose of extending our previous works~\cite{Iida:2019rah, Iida:2022hyy} at $T=80$ MeV ($16^4$ lattice). Indeed, a rich phase structure below the pseudo-critical temperature $T_c$ as a function of quark chemical potential $\mu$ has been revealed, but finite volume effects in a high-density regime sometimes cause a wrong understanding. Therefore, it is important to investigate the temperature dependence down to zero temperature with large-volume simulations. By performing $32^4$ simulations, we obtain essentially similar results to the previous ones, but we are now allowed to get a fine understanding of the phase structure via the temperature dependence. Most importantly, we find that the hadronic-matter phase, which is composed of thermally excited hadrons, shrinks with decreasing temperature and that the diquark condensate scales as $\langle qq \rangle \propto \mu^2$ in the BCS phase, a property missing at $T=80$ MeV. From careful analyses, furthermore, we confirm a tentative conclusion that the topological susceptibility is independent of $\mu$. We also show the temperature dependence of the pressure, internal energy, and sound velocity as a function of $\mu$. The pressure increases around the hadronic-superfluid phase transition more rapidly at the lower temperature, while the temperature dependence of the sound velocity is invisible. Breaking of the conformal bound is also confirmed thanks to the smaller statistical error.

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Non-relativistic trace anomaly and equation of state in dense fermionic matter

We theoretically investigate a non-relativistic trace anomaly and its impact on the low-temperature equation of state in spatially one-dimensional three-component fermionic systems with a three-body interaction, which exhibit a non-trivial three-body crossover from a bound trimer gas to dense fermionic matter with increasing density. By applying the $G$-matrix approach to the three-body interaction, we obtain the analytical expression for the ground-state equation of state relevant to the high-density degenerate regime and thereby address how the three-body contact or, equivalently, the trace anomaly emerges. The analytical results are compared with the recent quantum Monte Carlo data. Our study of the trace anomaly and the sound speed could have some relevance to the physics of hadron-quark crossover in compact stars.

hep-ph

Mass spectrum of spin-one hadrons in dense two-color QCD: Novel predictions by extended linear sigma model

We construct an extended version of the linear sigma model in such a way as to describe spin-$1$ hadrons as well as spin-$0$ hadrons in two-color QCD (QC$_2$D) by respecting the Pauli-G\"{u}rsey $SU(4)$ symmetry. Within a mean-field approximation, we therefrom examine a mass spectrum of the spin-$1$ hadrons at finite quark chemical potential ($\mu_q$) and zero temperature. Not only mean fields of scalar mesons and scalar-diquark baryons but also of vector mesons and vector-diquark baryons are incorporated. As a result, we find that, unless all of those four types of mean fields are taken into account, neither lattice result for the critical $\mu_q$ that corresponds to the onset of baryon superfluidity nor for $\mu_q$ dependence of the pion mass can be reproduced. We also find that a slight suppression of the $\rho$ meson mass in the superfluid phase, which was suggested by the lattice simulation, is reproduced by subtle mixing effects between spin-$0$ and spin-$1$ hadrons. Moreover, we demonstrate the emergence of an axialvector condensed phase and possibly of a vector condensed phase by identifying the values of $\mu_q$ at which the corresponding hadron masses vanish. The possible presence of iso-triplet $1^-$ diquarks that may be denoted by a tensor-type quark bilinear field is also discussed.

hep-ph

Speed of sound exceeding the conformal bound in dense 2-color QCD

We review recent works on the Monte Carlo simulations of dense two-color QCD (QC$_2$D) by focusing on the phase diagram, the equation of state, and the sound velocity at nonzero quark chemical potential. A possible upper bound of the sound velocity is known as the conformal bound, namely, $c_s^2/c^2 \leq 1/3$. The sound velocity is below the bound at least in the case of finite-temperature QCD. However, our recent work~\cite{Iida:2022hyy} shows the breaking of this bound in dense QC$_2$D. This phenomenon was previously unknown from any lattice calculations. We also discuss recent related works including lattice studies on QCD at nonzero isospin chemical potential, some effective model analyses, and an analysis based on recent neutron star observations. These works also suggest the breaking of the conformal bound.

hep-lat

Intersections of ultracold atomic polarons and nuclear clusters: How is a chart of nuclides modified in dilute neutron matter?

Neutron star observations, as well as experiments on neutron-rich nuclei, used to motivate one to look at degenerate nuclear matter from its extreme, namely, pure neutron matter. As an important next step, impurities and clusters in dilute neutron matter have attracted special attention. In this paper, we review in-medium properties of these objects on the basis of the physics of polarons, which have been recently realized in ultracold atomic experiments. We discuss how such atomic and nuclear systems are related to each other in terms of polarons. In addition to the interdisciplinary understanding of in-medium nuclear clusters, it is shown that the quasiparticle energy of a single proton in neutron matter is associated with the symmetry energy, implying a novel route toward the nuclear equation of state from the neutron-rich side.

nucl-th

Chemical potential (in)dependence of hadron scatterings in the hadronic phase of QCD-like theories and its applications

We formulate a method for calculating the hadron-hadron scattering amplitudes at nonzero chemical potential ($\mu$) in the hadronic phase at zero temperature, where the baryon number symmetry remains to be violated. Although it is widely believed that the physical quantities do not change even if we turn on a small $\mu$ at zero temperature, the shape of correlation functions for a single hadron depends on $\mu$. Then, the dispersion relation of the single hadron is modified to $E({\bf p},\mu) = \sqrt{{\bf p}^2+m^2}-\mu n_{O}$. Here, $m$ and $n_O$ denote the hadron mass at $\mu=0$ and the quantum number, respectively. From this relation, it is possible that the effective mass of the hadron depends on $\mu$. We extend the HAL QCD method at $\mu=0$ to the case of $\mu \ne 0$, which allows us to extract the scattering phase shifts via the interaction potential. We have found that the interaction potential can depend on $\mu$ only through the effective mass while the scattering phase shifts, obtained by solving the Schr\"{o}dinger equation with the interaction potential, are independent of $\mu$. We also numerically analyze the S-wave scatterings of two pions with isospin $I=2$ and two scalar diquarks within the framework of QC$_{2}$D at nonzero quark chemical potential. While the lattice is not exactly set to zero temperature, the $\mu$-independence can be observed. Furthermore, we improve the results for the S-wave scatterings of two hadrons obtained above by taking the $\mu$-independence for granted. Thanks to the asymmetric property of the correlation functions for diquarks at $\mu\neq0$, we can access a long-$\tau$ regime and can reduce the systematic error coming from inelastic contributions.

hep-lat

Polaronic Proton and Diproton Clustering in Neutron-Rich Matter

We show that strong spin-triplet neutron-proton interaction causes polaronic protons to occur in neutron matter at subnuclear densities and nonzero temperature. As the neutron density increases, proton spectra exhibit a smooth crossover from a bare impurity to a repulsive polaron branch; this branch coexists with an attractive polaron branch. With the neutron density increased further, the attractive polarons become stable with respect to deuteron formation. For two adjacent protons, we find that the polaron effects and the neutron-mediated attraction are sufficient to induce a bound diproton, which leads possibly to diproton formation in the surface region of neutron-rich nuclei in laboratories as well as in neutron stars.

nucl-th

Probing the hadron mass spectrum in dense two-color QCD with the linear sigma model

We investigate modifications of hadron masses at finite quark chemical potential in two-flavor and two-color QCD, of which the data are available from lattice simulations, within a linear sigma model based on approximate Pauli-Gursey $SU(4)$ symmetry. The model describes not only ground-state scalar diquarks and pseudo-scalar mesons but also the excited pseudo-scalar diquarks and scalar mesons; each ground-state diquark (meson) has the corresponding excited diquark (hadron) with opposite parity as a chiral partner. Effects of chiral symmetry breaking and diquark condensates are incorporated by a mean-field treatment. We show that various mixings among the hadrons, which are triggered by the breakdown of baryon number conservation in the superfluid phase, lead to a rich hadron mass spectrum. We discuss the influence of $U(1)_A$ anomaly on the density dependence of the mass spectrum and also manifestations of the chiral partner structures as density increases in the superfluid phase. The predicted hadron masses are expected to provide future lattice simulations with useful information on such symmetry properties in dense two-color QCD.

hep-ph

Density-Induced Hadron-Quark Crossover via the Formation of Cooper Triples

We discuss the hadron--quark crossover accompanied by the formation of Cooper triples (three-body counterpart of Cooper pairs) by analogy with the Bose--Einstein condensate to Bardeen--Cooper--Schrieffer crossover in two-component fermionic systems. Such a crossover is different from a phase transition, which often involves symmetry breaking. We calculate the in-medium three-body energy from the three-body $T$-matrix with a phenomenological three-body force characterizing a bound hadronic state in vacuum. With increasing density, the hadronic bound-state pole smoothly undergoes a crossover toward the Cooper triple phase where the in-medium three-body clusters coexist with the quark Fermi sea. The relation to the quarkyonic matter model can also be found in a natural manner.

nucl-th

Measurement of hadron masses in 2-color finite density QCD

We investigate hadron spectra in 2-color QCD using lattice simulation with $N_{f}=2$ at low temperature and finite density in which there appears not only the hadronic phase but also the superfluid phase. We first calculate the pion and rho meson spectrum, which is well-known from previous works. The spectral ordering of these mesons flips around the quark chemical potential $μ=m^{0}_π/2$ ($m^{0}_π$: the pion mass at $μ=0$), where the phase transition between the hadronic and superfluid phases occurs. For $μ\gtrsim m^{0}_π/2$, the effective mass for the pion linearly increases while the one for the rho meson monotonically decreases. Furthermore, we measure hadron spectra with the isospin $I=0$ and the angular momentum $J^{P}=0^{\pm}$. The effective masses for the meson, diquark, and antidiquark with the same quantum number become degenerate just below $μ= m^{0}_π/2$, and the three hadrons have the same mass in the superfluid phase. It suggests that mixing occurs between spectra associating with mesons and baryons due to the $U(1)_{B}$ symmetry breaking. This phenomenon can be explained in the linear sigma model with the approximate $SU(4)$ Pauli-Gursey symmetry.

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