{ "id": "hep-ph/0604210", "version": "v1", "published": "2006-04-25T10:45:51.000Z", "updated": "2006-04-25T10:45:51.000Z", "title": "Nucleation in the chiral transition with an inhomogeneous background", "authors": [ "Bruno G. Taketani", "Eduardo S. Fraga" ], "comment": "4 pages, 4 figures. To appear in the proceedings of I Latin American Workshop on High Energy Phenomenology (LAWHEP 2005), Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1-3 Dec 2005", "journal": "Braz.J.PHys.37:613-616,2007", "doi": "10.1590/S0103-97332007000400024", "categories": [ "hep-ph" ], "abstract": "We consider an approximation procedure to evaluate the finite-temperature one-loop fermionic density in the presence of a chiral background field which systematically incorporates effects from inhomogeneities in the chiral field through a derivative expansion. Modifications in the effective potential and their consequences for the bubble nucleation process are discussed.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2006-04-25T10:45:51.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "chiral transition", "inhomogeneous background", "finite-temperature one-loop fermionic density", "chiral background field", "approximation procedure" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 4, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 715282 } } }