title: Single-flavor color superconductivity in a magnetic field.
abstract: We investigate the single-flavor color superconductivity in a magnetic field. Because of the absence of the electromagnetic Meissner effect, forming a nonspherical CSC phase, polar, A, or planar, does not cost energy of excluding magnetic flux. We found that these nonspherical phases may be reached via a sequence of first order phase transitions under the typical quark density and magnetic field inside a neutron star.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Particle Physics, Huazhong Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: De-Fu
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Hai-Cang
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Ping-Ping
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Wu