Effect of gauge-field fluctuations on the phase transition between   normal and color-superconducting quark matter
  Type-I color superconductors display a first-order phase transition due to thermal gauge-field fluctuations. We numerically evaluated the critical temperature of the first-order phase transition and the corresponding discontinuity of the diquark condensate at the critical point. 
Jorge L. Noronha (Frankfurt U., FIAS), Hai-cang Ren (Rockefeller U. &   Hua-Zhong Normal U.), Ioannis Giannakis (Rockefeller...