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Particle density in zero temperature symmetry restoring phase transitions in four-fermion interaction models

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

By means of critical behaviors of the dynamical fermion mass in four-fermion interaction models, we have shown by explicit calculations that when T=0 the particle density will have a discontinuous jumping across the critical chemical potential μc\mu_c in 2D and 3D Gross-Neveu (GN) model and these physically explain the first order feature of corresponding symmetry restoring phase transitions. For second order phase transitions in 3D GN model when T0T\to 0 and in 4D Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model when T=0, it has been proven that the particle density itself will be continuous across μc\mu_c but its derivative over the chemical potential μ\mu will have a discontinuous jumping. The results give a physical explanation of implications of the tricritical point (T,μ)=(0,μc)(T,\mu)=(0,\mu_c) in 3D GN model. The discussions also show effectiveness of the critical analysis approach of phase transitions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0308139,
  title  = {Particle density in zero temperature symmetry restoring phase transitions in four-fermion interaction models},
  author = {Zhou Bang-Rong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0308139},
  year   = {2008}
}

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