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Variational approach to chiral-symmetry restoration

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An approximate calculation of the effective potential for composite operators at finite temperature is proposed in order to analyse the restoration of the chiral symmetry. The nature of the phase transition depends on the assumptions about the behaviour of the coupling constant in the infra-red region and of the generated mass in the ultraviolet region at small temperature. A strategy for a more reliable calculation is suggested.

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La transizione tra una fase in cui la simmetria chirale è rotta ed una fase simmetrica viene analizzata in QCD tramite un calcolo approssimato del potenziale efficace per operatori composti a temperatura finita. La natura della transizione di fase dipende dalle ipotesi sul comportamento, a basse temperature, della costante d'accoppiamento nella regione infrarossa e della massa dinamicamente generate nella regione ultravioletta. Si suggerisce inoltre una strategia per un calcolo piú affidabile.

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Castorina, P. Variational approach to chiral-symmetry restoration. Nuov Cim A 93, 125–134 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02819986

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