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Chiral symmetry at finite temperature: linear vs nonlinear -models

arXiv:hep-ph/9602405 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.54.4066

Abstract

The linear O() sigma model undergoes a symmetry restoring phase transition at finite temperature. We show that the nonlinear O() sigma model also undergoes a symmetry restoring phase transition; the critical temperatures are the same when the linear model is treated in mean field approximation and the nonlinear model is treated to leading plus subleading order in the 1/ expansion. We also carefully define and study the behavior of and the scalar condensate at low temperatures in both models, showing that they are independent of field redefinition.

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