Real-time pion propagation in finite-temperature QCD

Autor: M. A. Stephanov, D. T. Son
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Physical Review D. 66
ISSN: 1089-4918
0556-2821
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.66.076011
Popis: We argue that in QCD near the chiral limit, at all temperatures below the chiral phase transition, the dispersion relation of soft pions can be expressed entirely in terms of three temperature-dependent quantities: the pion screening mass, a pion decay constant, and the axial isospin susceptibility. The definitions of these quantities are given in terms of equal-time (static) correlation functions. Thus, all three quantities can be determined directly by lattice methods. The precise meaning of the Gell-Mann--Oakes--Renner relation at finite temperature is given.
Comment: 25 pages, 2 figures; v2: discussion on the region of applicability expanded, to be published in PRD
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