π+0 mass difference at finite temperature

Joseph I. Kapusta, Vladimir Višnjić

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

3 Scopus citations

Abstract

The electromagnetic mass difference of pions at finite temperature is computed. The finite temperature contribution to δm2π ≡ m2π+ - m2π0 is obtained to be παT2, neglecting the corrections due to the ρ{variant} and A1 mesons. It has the same sign as the zero temperature value and is comparable to it in magnitude around T ≈ 200 MeV. The calculation is also done in case of supersymmetric QCD where it is known that at T = 0 δm2π = 0. The results may have implications for cosmology and for relativistic heavy ion collisions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)181-185
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume147
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1 1984

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
V.V. would like to thank N.D. Hari Dass for reading the manuscript and for useful comments. This research was supported in part by the US Department of Energy under contract DOE/DE-AC02-79ER-10364.

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'π+0 mass difference at finite temperature'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this