Chiral Mean Field equation of state with meson interactions

ORAL

Abstract

We incorporate meson interactions within a chirally invariant model to describe hadronic matter at large densities and finite temperature. The Chiral Mean Field (CMF) model, a nonlinear realization of the SU(3) sigma model, includes the general principles of chiral symmetry and broken scale invariance from QCD, and describes hadron interactions through meson exchange. This relativistic approach has demonstrated excellent agreement with experimental nuclear data and astrophysical observations, yielding reliable equations of state (EoS) and particle compositions for potential use in heavy ion collision and astrophysical simulations. Notably, previous implementations of the CMF model have only included scalar and vector mesons. In this work, we extend the CMF model to include interacting pseudoscalar and vector mesons at finite density and temperature, examining their influence on the baryon in-medium mass, and the resulting EoS in comparison with first principle lattice QCD results.

*This work is partially supported by the NP3M Focused Research Hub supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant No. PHY-2116686. This work was also supported in part by the NSF within the framework of the MUSES collaboration, under grant No. OAC-2103680

Publication: Phys.Rev.D 111 (2025) 7, 074029

Presenters

  • Joaquin J Grefa

    • Kent State University

Authors

  • Joaquin J Grefa

    • Kent State University
  • Claudia Ratti

    • University of Houston
  • Veronica Dexheimer

    • Kent State University
  • Rajesh Kumar

    • Kent State University
  • Konstantin Maslov

    • University of Houston
  • Ralf F Rapp

    • Texas A&M University College Station
  • Yuhan Wang

    • Kent State University