Abstract
The electromagnetic mass difference of pions at finite temperature is computed. The finite temperature contribution to δm2π ≡ m2π+ - m2π0 is obtained to be παT2, neglecting the corrections due to the ρ{variant} and A1 mesons. It has the same sign as the zero temperature value and is comparable to it in magnitude around T ≈ 200 MeV. The calculation is also done in case of supersymmetric QCD where it is known that at T = 0 δm2π = 0. The results may have implications for cosmology and for relativistic heavy ion collisions.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 181-185 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Physics Letters B |
Volume | 147 |
Issue number | 1-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1 1984 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:V.V. would like to thank N.D. Hari Dass for reading the manuscript and for useful comments. This research was supported in part by the US Department of Energy under contract DOE/DE-AC02-79ER-10364.