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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 36, 2012
Resonance Workshop at UT Austin
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Article Number | 00012 | |
Number of page(s) | 9 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20123600012 | |
Published online | 29 November 2012 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20123600012
Evaluating chiral symmetry restoration through the use of sum rules
Cyclotron Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3366, USA
a e-mail: pmhohler@comp.tamu.edu
b e-mail: rapp@comp.tamu.edu
We pursue the idea of assessing chiral restoration via in-medium modifications of hadronic spectral functions of chiral partners. The usefulness of sum rules in this endeavor is illustrated, focusing on the vector/axial-vector channel. We first present an update on obtaining quantitative results for pertinent vacuum spectral functions. These serve as a basis upon which the in-medium spectral functions can be constructed. A novel feature of our analysis of the vacuum spectral functions is the need to include excited resonances, dictated by satisfying the Weinberg-type sum rules. This includes excited states in both the vector and axial-vector channels.We also analyze the QCD sum rule for the finite temperature vector spectral function, based on a ρ spectral function tested in dilepton data which develops a shoulder at low energies.We find that the ρ′ peak flattens off which may be a sign of chiral restoration, though a study of the finite temperature axial-vector spectral function remains to be carried out.
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