{ "id": "1610.04480", "version": "v1", "published": "2016-10-14T14:32:04.000Z", "updated": "2016-10-14T14:32:04.000Z", "title": "What can we learn from NJL-type models about dense matter?", "authors": [ "Michael Buballa" ], "comment": "6 pages; contribution to the proceedings of the Mini-Workshop \"Quarks, Hadrons, Matter\", Bled, Slovenia, July 3-10, 2016", "categories": [ "hep-ph", "nucl-th" ], "abstract": "The merits and limitations of the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model as a model for strong interactions at nonzero density are critically discussed. We present several examples, demonstrating that, while in general the results should not be trusted quantitatively, the NJL model is a powerful theoretical tool for getting new insights and ideas about the QCD phase diagram and the dense-matter equation of state.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2016-10-14T14:32:04.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "dense matter", "njl-type models", "qcd phase diagram", "nonzero density", "dense-matter equation" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 6, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }