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Nucleation in the chiral transition with an inhomogeneous background

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-08-04 v1

Abstract

We consider an approximation procedure to evaluate the finite-temperature one-loop fermionic density in the presence of a chiral background field which systematically incorporates effects from inhomogeneities in the chiral field through a derivative expansion. Modifications in the effective potential and their consequences for the bubble nucleation process are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0604210,
  title  = {Nucleation in the chiral transition with an inhomogeneous background},
  author = {Bruno G. Taketani and Eduardo S. Fraga},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0604210},
  year   = {2011}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures. To appear in the proceedings of I Latin American Workshop on High Energy Phenomenology (LAWHEP 2005), Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1-3 Dec 2005