Antunes, S. M. [UNESP]Krein, Gastão Inácio [UNESP]Vizcarra, V. E. [UNESP]Panda, P. K.2013-09-302014-05-202013-09-302014-05-202005-09-01Brazilian Journal of Physics. Sociedade Brasileira de Física, v. 35, n. 3b, p. 877-879, 2005.0103-9733http://hdl.handle.net/11449/24702In this communication we present results of a study of chiral symmetry in quark matter using an effective Coulomb gauge QCD Hamiltonian. QCD in Coulomb gauge is convenient for a variational approach based on a quasiparticle picture for the transverse gluons, in which a confining Coulomb potential arises naturally. We show that such an effective Hamiltonian predicts chiral restoration at too low quark densities. Possible reasons for such deficiency are discussed.877-879engArtigo10.1590/S0103-97332005000500043S0103-97332005000500043Acesso abertoS0103-97332005000500043.pdf5704289678296630