Fluctuations and the axial anomaly with three quark flavors

The role of the axial anomaly in the chiral phase transition at finite temperature and quark chemical potential is investigated within a nonperturbative functional renormalization group approach. The flow equation for the grand potential is solved to leading order in a derivative expansion of a thre...

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Hauptverfasser: Mitter, Mario (VerfasserIn) , Schaefer, Bernd-Jochen (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 24 March 2014
In: Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology
Year: 2014, Jahrgang: 89, Heft: 5
ISSN:1550-2368
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.89.054027
Online-Zugang:Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.89.054027
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Verfasserangaben:Mario Mitter and Bernd-Jochen Schaefer
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Zusammenfassung:The role of the axial anomaly in the chiral phase transition at finite temperature and quark chemical potential is investigated within a nonperturbative functional renormalization group approach. The flow equation for the grand potential is solved to leading order in a derivative expansion of a three-flavor quark-meson model truncation. The results are compared with a standard and an extended mean-field analysis, which facilitates the exploration of the influence of bosonic and fermionic fluctuations, respectively, on the phase transition. The influence of U(1)A-symmetry breaking on the chiral transition, the location of a possible critical end point in the phase diagram and the quark mass sensitivity are studied in detail.
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ISSN:1550-2368
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.89.054027