Effects of density-dependent quark mass on phase diagram of three-flavor quark matter

Considering the density dependence of quark mass, we investigate the phase transition between the (unpaired) strange quark matter and the color-flavor-locked matter, which are supposed to be two candidates for the ground state of strongly interacting matter. We find that if the current mass of strange quark $m_s$ is small, the strange quark matter remains stable unless the baryon density is very high. If $m_s$ is large, the phase transition from the strange quark matter to the color-flavor-locked matter in particular to its gapless phase is found to be different from the results predicted by previous works. A complicated phase diagram of three-flavor quark matter is presented, in which the color-flavor-locked phase region is suppressed for moderate densities.Comment: 4 figure

Comment on " a unified scheme for flavored mesons and baryons"

We would comment on the results of the paper "a unified scheme for flavored mesons and baryons" (P.C.Vinodkumar, J.N.Panandya, V.M.Bannur, and S.B.Khadkikar Eur. Phys. J. A4(1999)83), and point out some inconsistencies and mistakes in the work for solving the Dirac equation. In terms of an example for a single particle we investigate the reliability of the perturbative method for computing the Coulomb energy and discuss the contribution to the wavefunction at origin from the Coulomb potential. We conclude that the accuracy of their numerical results needs to be reconsidered.Comment: Latex file, 11page