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<tt>Theory Center Seminar<br>
Wed., May 9, 2012<br>
CEBAF Center, Room L104<br>
3:00 p.m. (coffee at 2:45 p.m.)<br>
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Paulo Bedaque<br>
University of Maryland<br>
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<b>Nuclear Condensates at High Density</b><br>
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A new form of matter - the nuclear condensate - may exist at <br>
densities present in white dwarfs and in inertial confinement<br>
experiments. This state has a number of unusual properties: <br>
superconductivity by ions (not electrons), enhanced specific <br>
heats and neutrino luminosities and unusual topological solitons.<br>
On the theoretical side, it demonstrates a combination of the<br>
Goldstone theorem and the Higgs phenomenon. We discuss some of<br>
the properties of the nuclear condensate and the features that<br>
make this strongly coupled system amenable to an analytical <br>
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