Dispersion relation of the {rho} meson at finite temperature and density

Journal Article · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1999 · Physical Review, C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.59.2757· OSTI ID:337585

Eletsky, V L ^[1]; Kapusta, J I ^[2]

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1. Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, B. Cheremushkinskaya 25, Moscow 117218 (Russia)
2. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 (United States)

The {rho} meson mass shift, width broadening, and spectral density at finite temperature and nucleon density are estimated using a general formula which relates the self-energy to the real and imaginary parts of the forward scattering amplitude on the constituents of the medium. We saturate the scattering amplitude at low energies with resonances, while at high energies a Regge approach is taken in combination with vector meson dominance; experimental data is used wherever possible. The main result is that the {rho} meson becomes increasingly broad with increasing nucleon density. The spectral density is suppressed in the resonance region 600{lt}M{lt}900thinspMeV and enhanced in the subresonance region M{lt}600thinspMeV. {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society}

• OSTI ID: 337585
• Journal Information: Physical Review, C, Journal Name: Physical Review, C Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 59; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DISPERSION RELATIONS
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REGGE POLES
VECTOR DOMINANCE MODEL