The Calculation of $f_π$ and $m_π$ at Finite Chemical Potential

Abstract

Based on the previous work in [Y. Jiang, Y.M. Shi, H.T. Feng, W.M. Sun and H.S. Zong, Phys. Rev. C {\bf 78}, 025214 (2008)] on the quark-meson vertex and pion properties at finite quark chemical potential, we provide an analytical analysis of the weak decay constant of the pion ($f_π[μ]$) and the pion mass ($m_π[μ]$) at finite quark chemical potential using the model quark propagator proposed in [R. Alkofer, W. Detmold, C.S. Fischer and P. Maris, Phys. Rev. D {\bf 70}, 014014 (2004)]. It is found that when $μ$ is below a threshold value $μ_0$ (which equals $0.350 \mathrm{GeV}$, $0.377 \mathrm{GeV}$ and $0.341 \mathrm{GeV}$, for the $\mathrm{2CC}$, $\mathrm{1R1CC}$ and $\mathrm{3R}$ parametrizations of the model quark propagator, respectively.), $f_π[μ]$ and $m_π[μ]$ are kept unchanged from their vacuum values. The value of $μ_0$ is intimately connected with the pole distribution of the model quark propagator and is found to coincide with the threshold value below which the quark-number density vanishes identically. Numerical calculations show that when $μ$ becomes larger than $μ_0$, $f_π[μ]$ exhibits a sharp decrease whereas $m_π[μ]$ exhibits a sharp increase. A comparison is given between the results obtained in this paper and those obtained in previous literatures.

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