The omega meson at high temperatures

Authors
Schneider, RA Weise, W
Citation
Ra. Schneider et W. Weise, The omega meson at high temperatures, PHYS LETT B, 515(1-2), 2001, pp. 89-93
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS B
ISSN journal
03702693 → ACNP
Volume
515
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
89 - 93
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(20010823)515:1-2<89:TOMAHT>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The decay of the omega meson in a heat bath of thermally excited pions is s tudied within the framework of real-time thermal field theory using an appr opriate effective Lagrangian. We show that the omega meson spectrum broaden s considerably at temperatures T > 100 MeV, primarily because of omega pi - -> pi pi reactions in the thermal environment. @ 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.