Effect of Strong Magnetic Field on Competing Order Parameters in Two-Flavor Dense Quark Matter

Table 2

Critical chemical potential, , jumps in the chiral () and superconducting () order parameters at for zero and   (~5 × 10¹⁸ G) for various values of . The nature of the transition is also indicated.

(GeV)	(GeV)	(GeV)	Nature	(GeV)	(GeV)	(GeV)	Nature
0.75	0.250	0.077	0.332	First order	0.227	0.084	0.323	First order
1.05	0.133	0.063	0.295	First order	0.214	0.074	0.301	First order
1.09	0	0	0.289	Second order	0.198	0.066	0.297	First order
1.15	Smooth	Smooth	0.280	Crossover	0.185	0.051	0.295	First order
1.25	Smooth	Smooth	0.255	Crossover	0.122	0.038	0.284	First order