Anomalous Amplitudes in a Thermal Bath
Author(s) -
Robert D. Pisarski,
T. L. Trueman,
Michel H. G. Tytgat
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
progress of theoretical physics supplement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0375-9687
DOI - 10.1143/ptps.131.427
Subject(s) - anomaly (physics) , amplitude , divergence (linguistics) , physics , thermal , thermal fluctuations , condensed matter physics , phase transition , quantum electrodynamics , thermal expansion , current (fluid) , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , philosophy , linguistics
I review the implications of the axial anomaly in a thermal bath. I assumethat the Adler-Bardeen theorem applies at nonzero temperature, so that thedivergence of the axial current remains is independent of temperature.Nevertheless, I argue that while the anomaly doesn't change with temperature,``anomalous'' mesonic couplings do. This is verified by explicit calculationsin a low temperature expansion, and near the chiral phase transition.Comment: 11 pages, PTPTeX, to appear in the Proceedings of YKIS '9
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