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Nucleons at finite temperature

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D
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  1. Department of Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800 (United States)
The nucleon mass shift is calculated using chiral counting arguments and a virial expansion, without and with the {Delta}. At all temperatures, the mass shift and damping rate are dominated by the {Delta}. Our results are compared with the empirical analysis of Leutwyler and Smilga, as well as results from heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory in the large {ital N}{sub {ital c}} (number of color) limit. We show that unitarity implies that the concepts of thermal shifts are process dependent. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}
Research Organization:
New York State University Research Foundation
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-88ER40388
OSTI ID:
392065
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 54; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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