Theta dependence of the vacuum energy density in chiral effective Lagrangian models at finite temperature, above $T_c$

Abstract

In this work, extending a previous study at zero temperature ($T=0$), we perform a systematic study of the modifications to the QCD vacuum energy density ${\epsilon }_{vac}$ in the finite-temperature case, above the chiral transition at $T_c$, caused by a nonzero value of the parameter $\theta$, using two different effective Lagrangian models which implement the $U(1)$ axial anomaly of the fundamental theory and which are both well defined also above $T_c$. In particular, we derive (and critically compare) the expressions for the topological susceptibility $\chi$ and for the second cumulant $c_4$ starting from the $\theta$ dependence of ${\epsilon }_{vac}(\theta )$ in the two models.

arXiv comment23 pages; revised version

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