Finite pion width effects on the rho--meson

Abstract

We study the influence of the finite damping width of pions on the in-medium properties of the rho-meson in an interacting meson gas model at finite temperature. Using vector dominance also implications on the resulting dilepton spectra from the decay of the rho-meson are presented. A set of coupled Dyson equations with self energies up to the sunset diagram level is solved self consistently. Following a Phi-derivable scheme the self energies are dynamically determined by the self consistent propagators. Some problems concerning the self consistent treatment of vector or gauge bosons on the propagator level, in particular, if coupled to currents arising from particles with a sizable damping width, are discussed.