e [sup +]e[sup [minus]] modes and U(1) spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking; A case study

Journal Article · Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 1992 · Modern Physics Letters A; (Singapore)

OSTI ID:7012296

Steininger, K ^[1]

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1. Regensburg Univ. (Germany). Inst. of Theoretical Physics

In this paper, motivated by evidence for a chiral phase transition in strong coupling lattice QED, the authors calculate the two-particle spectrum of the broken QED phase. This is done in the framework of a Nambu and Jona-Lasinio model with U(1) symmetry including chiral symmetry and symmetry breaking properties of QED. The second order chiral phase transition behavior in our model and in lattice QED are in excellent agreement. The authors then present a detailed analysis of the spectra of the e[sup +]e[sup [minus]] modes in the broken phase. The authors examine whether these modes have any possible relationship to the narrow e[sup +]e[sup [minus]] resonances found in soft heavy ion collisions at GSL. The authors' answer is negative.

• OSTI ID: 7012296
• Journal Information: Modern Physics Letters A; (Singapore), Vol. 7:34; ISSN 0217-7323
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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