Light quarks at finite temperature: chiral restoration and the fate of the U(1)(A) symmetry

We review recent results on the role of light quark states within the QCD phase diagram. In particular, we will discuss how the combined use of theoretical techniques such as Effective Theories, Unitarization and Ward Identities helps to shed light on several important issues regarding chiral symmet...

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Autor: Gómez Nicola, Ángel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/8269
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8269
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:51-73
Large-Nc
Perturbation-theory
Lattice GCD
Meson mass
Phase
Pion
Transition
Propagation
Dileptons
Dynamics.
Física-Modelos matemáticos
Física matemática
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Sumario:We review recent results on the role of light quark states within the QCD phase diagram. In particular, we will discuss how the combined use of theoretical techniques such as Effective Theories, Unitarization and Ward Identities helps to shed light on several important issues regarding chiral symmetry restoration, building bridges with recent lattice analyses. Special attention will be paid to the role of chiral and U(1)(A) partners in the interplay between those symmetries, which is crucial to properly understand the transition pattern. Light scalar mesons at finite temperature will be shown to be responsible for the description of susceptibilities encoding chiral and U(1)(A) restoration properties.