Published 1985 | Version v1
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A general analysis of the chiral phase transition

  • 1. Fermi National Accelerator Lab., P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510

Description

The universality classes applicable to the chiral phase transition are studied. The ε-expansion predicts that the chiral transition should always be of first order for three or more flavors. If fluctuations with topological charge evaporate at temperatures well below the chiral transition point, a new phase of hadronic matter could occur, one in which there would be massive violations of isospin

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Publishing Information

Publisher
World Scientific Pub. Co.
Imprint Place
Teaneck, NJ (USA)
ISBN
0-9971-50-000-0
Imprint Title
Quark confinement and liberation: Numerical results and theory
Journal Page Range
p. 177-198.