Published May 1, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Functional renormalization group at finite density and Bose condensation

  • 1. Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Hogskoleringen 5, N-7491 Trondheim (Norway)

Description

We discuss the functional renormalization group and pion condensation in the presence of a finite isospin chemical potential μI. We calculate the phase diagram as function of temperature T and μI. While the exact effective average action is invariant under certain gauge transformations, the effective action in the local-potential approximation is not. As a consequence, the critical chemical potential μIc for Bose-Einstein condensation at T=0 is no longer equal to the mass of the condensing mode. We discuss possible solutions to this problem.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2011.03.007

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DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2011.03.007;
arXiv
arXiv:1009.0430v2;
PII
S0375-9474(11)00233-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. A
Journal Volume
857
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 16-28
ISSN
0375-9474
CODEN
NUPABL

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