# The 35th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory

18-24 June 2017
Palacio de Congresos
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# Contribution Poster

Palacio de Congresos -
Theoretical Developments

# Order parameters and color-flavor center symmetry in QCD

## Speakers

• Mr. Aleksey CHERMAN

## Content

Common lore suggests that no well-defined order parameters exist in $N$-color QCD with massive quarks which are non-trivial at zero baryon density. However, such order parameters do exist when there are $n_f$ quark flavors with a common mass and $d\equiv{\rm gcd}(n_f,N) > 1$. Such theories have $Z_d$ color-flavor center symmetry arising from intertwined color center transformations and cyclic flavor permutations. The realization of this symmetry changes depending on the values of the temperature, baryon chemical potential, and $n_f/N$, with implications for conformal window studies and dense quark matter.

## Preferred track (if multiple tracks have been selected)

Theoretical Developments