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Sigma Decay at Finite Temperature and Density

P. Zhuang, Z. Yang

nucl-tharXiv:nucl-th/0008041

Abstract

Sigma decay and its relation with chiral phase transition are discussed at finite temperature and density in the framework of the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model. The decay rate for the process sigma -> 2 pions to first order in a 1/Nc expansion is calculated as a function of temperature T and baryon density nb. In particular, only when the chiral phase transition happens around the tricritical point, the sigma decay results in a non-thermal enhancement of pions in the final state distributions in relativistic heavy ion collisions.

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