Thermodynamics of Chiral Symmetry

Jan, 1987
5 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 188 (1987) 477-481
  • Published: 1987
Report number:
  • BUTP-87/2-BERN

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
If the quark masses are very small, the correlation length becomes larger than size of the box. We show that in this case the QCD partition function reduces to a standard integral over the flavour group abnd discuss the implications for the quark condensate.
  • QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
  • FIELD THEORY: EFFECTIVE LAGRANGIANS
  • PERTURBATION THEORY: CHIRAL
  • SYMMETRY: SU(N)
  • QUARK: MASS
  • MASS: QUARK
  • QUARK: CONDENSATION
  • CORRELATION: LENGTH
  • FIELD THEORY: FINITE TEMPERATURE
  • NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS