Published October 1, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Goldstone boson counting in linear sigma models with chemical potential

  • 1. Department of Theoretical Physics, Nuclear Physics Institute, 25068 Rez (Czech Republic)

Description

We analyze the effects of finite chemical potential on spontaneous breaking of internal symmetries within the class of relativistic field theories described by the linear sigma model. Special attention is paid to the emergence of 'abnormal' Goldstone bosons with a quadratic dispersion relation. We show that their presence is tightly connected to nonzero density of the Noether charges, and formulate a general counting rule. The general results are demonstrated on an SU(3)xU(1) invariant model with an SU(3)-sextet scalar field, which describes one of the color-superconducting phases of QCD

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
72
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 076002-076002.10
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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(c) 2005 The American Physical Society