Quantum Chromodynamics, the theory of quarks and gluons, whose interactions can be
described by a local SU (3) gauge symmetry with charges called “color quantum numbers” …

In this review article, we describe the role of holography in deciphering the physics of dense
QCD matter, relevant for the description of compact stars and their binary mergers. We …

The cores of neutron stars (NSs) near the maximum mass can realize a transitional change
to quark matter (QM). Gravitational waves from binary NS mergers are expected to convey …

It is widely expected that at sufficiently high temperatures order is always lost, eg, magnets
lose their ferromagnetic properties. We pose the question of whether this is always the case …

In gauge theories with fundamental matter there is typically no sharp way to distinguish
confining and Higgs regimes, eg using generalized global symmetries acting on loop order …

We explore the necessary conditions for 1-form symmetries to emerge in the long-distance
limit when they are explicitly broken at short distances. A minimal requirement is that there …

We investigate the behavior of the dense and cold (normalized) quantum chromodynamics
(QCD) trace anomaly, Δ, in the interior of twin neutron stars (obtained from several sets of …

Quark-hadron continuity is a scenario in which hadronic matter is continuously connected to
a color superconductor without phase transitions as the baryon chemical potential …

We discuss the conditions under which Higgs and confining regimes in gauge theories with
fundamental representation matter fields can be sharply distinguished. It is widely believed …

We study cold and dense nuclear matter by using the gauge/gravity duality. To this end, we
use the Witten–Sakai–Sugimoto model and the V-QCD models with an approach where the …