Chiral symmetry breaking in accelerating and rotating frames

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Authors: Zhi-Bin Zhu, Hao-Lei Chen, Xu-Guang Huang
Cited by: 7
References: 101

Abstract

We study chiral symmetry breaking and restoration in accelerating and rotating frames using low-energy effective models. By analyzing the chiral condensate in Rindler coordinates, we show that different renormalization schemes lead to distinct conclusions in the accelerating frame: the scheme with subtracting divergences in the Rindler vacuum supports an acceleration-independent critical temperature, while the other scheme with subtracting divergences in Minkowski vacuum suggests an enhanced critical temperature. We further investigate a system with both rotation and acceleration. We find that the critical acceleration for chiral symmetry restoration decreases with angular velocity, indicating cooperative effects from acceleration-induced thermalization and rotation-induced effective chemical potential.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics

Publication details

Journal / source
Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Volume
113
Issue
3
Publication date
21 January 2026
Language
EN