Chiral Symmetry Restoration at Nonzero Temperature in the SU(3) \times SU(3) Linear Sigma Model

Details Chiral Symmetry Restoration at Nonzero Temperature in the SU(3) \times SU(3) Linear Sigma Model Chiral Symmetry Restoration at Nonzero Temperature in the SU(3) \times SU(3) Linear Sigma Model

2000-04-04

arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0004006v1

Phys.Rev.D62:085008,2000

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

19 pages, 4 figures, RevTeX

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.62.085008

We study patterns of chiral symmetry breaking at zero temperature and its subsequent restoration at nonzero temperature within the $SU(3)_{r} \times SU(3)_{\ell}$ linear sigma model. Gap equations for the masses of the scalar and pseudoscalar mesons and the non-strange and strange quark condensates are systematically derived in the Hartree approximation via the Cornwall-Jackiw-Tomboulis formalism. In the chiral limit, the chiral symmetry restoring transition is found to be first order, as predicted by universality arguments. Taking the experimental values for the meson masses, however, the transition is crossover. The absence of the $U(1)_A$ anomaly is found to drive this transition closer to being first order. At large temperatures, the mixing angles between octet and singlet states approach ideal flavor mixing.

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