ANOMALOUS AMPLITUDES IN A THERMAL BATH

Citation
Rd. Pisarski et al., ANOMALOUS AMPLITUDES IN A THERMAL BATH, Progress of theoretical physics. Supplement, (131), 1998, pp. 427-437
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
ISSN journal
03759687
Issue
131
Year of publication
1998
Pages
427 - 437
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9687(1998):131<427:AAIATB>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
I review the implications of the axial anomaly in a thermal bath. I as sume that the Adler-Bardeen theorem applies at nonzero temperature, so that the divergence of the axial current remains independent of tempe rature. Nevertheless, I argue that while the anomaly does not change w ith temperature, ''anomalous'' mesonic couplings do. This is verified by explicit calculations in a low temperature expansion, and near the chiral phase transition.