Meson spectral functions at finite temperature

Oct, 2001
3 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B Proc.Suppl. 106 (2002) 510-512
e-Print:
Report number:
  • DESY-01-153,
  • BI-TP-2001-24

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Abstract:
The Maximum Entropy Method provides a Bayesian approach to reconstruct the spectral functions from discrete points in Euclidean time. The applicability of the approach at finite temperature is probed with the thermal meson correlation function. Furthermore the influence of fuzzing/smearing techniques on the spectral shape is investigated. We present first results for meson spectral functions at several temperatures below and above TcT_c. The correlation functions were obtained from quenched calculations with Clover fermions on large isotropic lattices of the size (2464)3×16(24-64)^3 \times 16. We compare the resulting pole masses with the ones obtained from standard 2-exponential fits of spatial and temporal correlation functions at finite temperature and in the vacuum. The deviation of the meson spectral functions from free spectral functions is examined above the critical temperature.
Note:
  • Lattice2001(hightemp), 3 pages, 6 figures
  • talk: Berlin 2001/08/19
  • fermion: lattice field theory
  • gauge field theory: SU(3)
  • finite temperature
  • meson: correlation function
  • spectral representation
  • numerical calculations: Monte Carlo