Decoupling of the pion at finite temperature and density

Véronique Bernard; Ulf-G. Meissner; Ismail Zahed

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.36.819

Decoupling of the pion at finite temperature and density

Véronique Bernard, Ulf-G. Meissner, and Ismail Zahed

Phys. Rev. D 36, 819 – Published 1 August 1987

Abstract

We use the Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model at finite temperature and density to investigate the static and dynamical properties of the pion. Near the chiral phase transition the pion is found to decouple from matter. The relevance of this result for hadronic matter is discussed.

Received 22 December 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.36.819

Authors & Affiliations

Véronique Bernard

Centre de Recherches Nucléaires et Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg, Groupe de Physique Nucléaire Théorique, BP 20, 67037 Strasbourg Cedex, France and Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Ulf-G. Meissner