corner
corner

Phys. Rev. D 29, 338–341 (1984)

Remarks on the chiral phase transition in chromodynamics

Download: PDF (246 kB) Buy this article Export: BibTeX or EndNote (RIS)

Robert D. Pisarski and Frank Wilczek
Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106

Received 27 October 1983; published in the issue dated 15 January 1984

The phase transition restoring chiral symmetry at finite temperatures is considered in a linear σ model. For three or more massless flavors, the perturbative ε expansion predicts the phase transition is of first order. At high temperatures, the UA(1) symmetry will also be effectively restored.

© 1984 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.29.338
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.29.338
PACS: