Dense and Cold Magnetized Quark Matter: A Review of Magnetic-Field-Independent Regularization and the Medium Separation Scheme
Abstract
We present a comprehensive review of regularization schemes for magnetized dense quark matter within effective models of quantum chromodynamics, focusing on the Magnetic-Field-Independent Regularization (MFIR) and the Medium Separation Scheme (MSS) at finite chemical potential and magnetic field. In nonrenormalizable frameworks such as the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model, the treatment of ultraviolet divergences is crucial, particularly in magnetized and dense environments where conventional regularization procedures may introduce unphysical artifacts. We show that MFIR consistently isolates divergent vacuum contributions from finite magnetic-field-dependent terms, while MSS extends this separation to the medium sector, ensuring that only vacuum quantities are regularized. Within this unified framework, we analyze the thermodynamics of cold and dense quark matter, including color-superconducting phases, and demonstrate that the superconducting gap remains finite at large chemical potentials, even in the presence of strong magnetic fields. In contrast to results obtained with traditional regularization schemes, we find no evidence for a transition to a normal phase at zero temperature, highlighting the importance of a proper separation between vacuum and medium contributions. These results eliminate spurious oscillations and other nonphysical artifacts, leading to a more robust and physically consistent description of strongly interacting matter under extreme conditions relevant to compact stars and heavy-ion collisions.
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BibTeX
@misc{azeredo2026dense,
title = {{Dense and Cold Magnetized Quark Matter: A Review of Magnetic-Field-Independent Regularization and the Medium Separation Scheme}},
author = {Francisco X. Azeredo and Dyana C. Duarte and Ricardo L. S. Farias and Bruno S. Lopes and João A. R. S. Prado and William R. Tavares},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2606.28111},
eprint = {2606.28111},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.28111},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Dense and Cold Magnetized Quark Matter: A Review of Magnetic-Field-Independent Regularization and the Medium Separation Scheme
AU - Francisco X. Azeredo
AU - Dyana C. Duarte
AU - Ricardo L. S. Farias
AU - Bruno S. Lopes
AU - João A. R. S. Prado
AU - William R. Tavares
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/20
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2606.28111
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.28111
AB - We present a comprehensive review of regularization schemes for magnetized dense quark matter within effective models of quantum chromodynamics, focusing on the Magnetic-Field-Independent Regularization (MFIR) and the Medium Separation Scheme (MSS) at finite chemical potential and magnetic field. In nonrenormalizable frameworks such as the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model, the treatment of ultraviolet divergences is crucial, particularly in magnetized and dense environments where conventional regularization procedures may introduce unphysical artifacts. We show that MFIR consistently isolates divergent vacuum contributions from finite magnetic-field-dependent terms, while MSS extends this separation to the medium sector, ensuring that only vacuum quantities are regularized. Within this unified framework, we analyze the thermodynamics of cold and dense quark matter, including color-superconducting phases, and demonstrate that the superconducting gap remains finite at large chemical potentials, even in the presence of strong magnetic fields. In contrast to results obtained with traditional regularization schemes, we find no evidence for a transition to a normal phase at zero temperature, highlighting the importance of a proper separation between vacuum and medium contributions. These results eliminate spurious oscillations and other nonphysical artifacts, leading to a more robust and physically consistent description of strongly interacting matter under extreme conditions relevant to compact stars and heavy-ion collisions.
ER -