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Light front thermal field theory at finite temperature and density

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We investigate quark matter at finite temperature and finite chemical potential as an example for a relativistic many-particle quantum system. Special relativity is realized through the front form that allows for a Hamiltonian formulation of a statistical operator. Utilizing our previous results we generalize the present formulation of a relativistic thermal field theory to include a finite chemical potential. As an application we use the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model to investigate the gap equation and chiral restoration.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0310222,
  title  = {Light front thermal field theory at finite temperature and density},
  author = {M. Beyer and S. Mattiello and T. Frederico and H. J. Weber},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0310222},
  year   = {2007}
}

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7 pages, 2 figures, RevTex4 Style