%0 Journal Article %T Features of nonlocal chiral quark models %A G¨Žmez Dumm %A D. %J Brazilian Journal of Physics %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S0103-97332008000400005 %X main features of nonlocal chiral quark models are discussed, focusing on the description of low energy phenomenology and the analysis of phase transitions at finite temperature and/or chemical potential. applications to compact stars are commented. %K chiral quark models %K qcd phase transitions %K quark matter. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-97332008000400005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en