Finite-Temperature Form Factors: a Review

Finite-Temperature Form Factors: a Review

We review the concept of finite-temperature form factor that was introduced recently by the author in the context of the Majorana theory. Finite-temperature form factors can be used to obtain spectral decompositions of finite-temperature correlation functions in a way that mimics the form-factor expansion of the zero temperature case. We develop the concept in the general factorised scattering ...

Finite Temperature Correlation Functions From Form Factors

Finite-temperature form factors in the free Majorana theory

We study the large distance expansion of correlation functions in the free massive Majorana theory at finite temperature, alias the Ising field theory at zero magnetic field on a cylinder. We develop a method that mimics the spectral decomposition, or form factor expansion, of zerotemperature correlation functions, introducing the concept of “finite-temperature form factors”. Our techniques are...

Pion electromagnetic form factor at finite temperature.

Temperature effects on the electromagnetic couplings of pions in hot hadronic matter are studied with an effective chiral Lagrangian. We show that the Ward-Takahashi identity is satisfied at non-zero temperature in the soft pion limit. The in-medium electromagnetic form factor of the pion is obtained in the time-like region and shown to be reduced in magnitude, especially near the vector-meson ...

Electromagnetic pion form factor at finite temperature

The electromagnetic form factor of the pion in the space-like region, and at finite temperature, Fπ(Q 2, T ), is obtained from a QCD Finite Energy Sum Rule. The form factor decreases with increasing T, and vanishes at some critical temperature, where the pion radius diverges. This divergence may be interpreted as a signal for quark deconfinement. John Simon Guggenheim Fellow 1994-1995 The possi...