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Nonequilibrium chiral perturbation theory

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We explore the extension of chiral perturbation theory out of thermal equilibrium. The pion decay constant becomes then a time-dependent function and we work within the Schwinger-Keldysh contour technique. A useful connection with curved space-time QFT allows to renormalise the model. We discuss the applicability of our approach within a relativistic heavy-ion collision environment.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9902344,
  title  = {Nonequilibrium chiral perturbation theory},
  author = {A. Gomez Nicola},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9902344},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages Latex, Proceedings of "Strong and Electroweak Matter 98", Nordita (Copenhaguen) 2-5 Dec.1998

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