Inverse magnetic catalysis for the chiral transition induced by thermo-magnetic effects on the coupling constant

Jun 15, 2014
5 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.D 90 (2014) 3, 036001
  • Published: Aug 5, 2014
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Abstract: (APS)
We compute the one-loop thermomagnetic corrections to the self-coupling in a model where charged scalars interact also with a constant magnetic field. The calculation is motivated by the possibility that the critical temperature for the chiral phase transition in a magnetic background can be influenced by the dependence of the coupling constant on the magnetic field. We show that the coupling decreases as a function of the field strength. This functional dependence introduces in turn a correction to the boson masses which causes the critical temperature to decrease as a function of the field strength.
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  • 5 pages, 4 figures. Title changed, added references and comments. Version to appear in Phys. Rev. D
  • 11.10.Wx
  • 25.75.Nq
  • 98.62.En
  • 12.38.Cy
  • critical phenomena: chiral
  • critical phenomena: temperature
  • transition: chiral
  • magnetic field: constant
  • magnetic field: effect
  • magnetic field: field strength