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Functional renormalization group at finite density and Bose condensation

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-04-28 v2

Abstract

We discuss the functional renormalization group and pion condensation in the presence of a finite isospin chemical potential μI\mu_I. We calculate the phase diagram as function of temperature TT and μI\mu_I. 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\mu_I^c 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.

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@article{arxiv.1009.0430,
  title  = {Functional renormalization group at finite density and Bose condensation},
  author = {Eirik E. Svanes and Jens O. Andersen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.0430},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

14 pages. 5 Figs. 2nd version matches published version. Fig.3 improved. Refs. added. Typos fixed

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