Magnetic field-dependence of the neutral pion mass in the linear sigma model coupled to quarks: The weak field case
Alejandro Ayala🇲🇽 · Ricardo L. S. Farias🇧🇷 · S. Hernandez-Ortiz🇲🇽 · Luis A. Hernandez🇲🇽 · D. Manreza Paret🇲🇽 · R. Zamora🇨🇱
We compute the neutral pion mass dependence on a magnetic field in the weak field approximation at one-loop order. The calculation is carried out within the linear sigma model coupled to quarks and using Schwinger's proper-time representation for the charged particle propagators. We find that the neutral pion mass decreases with the field strength provided the boson self-coupling magnetic field corrections are also included. The calculation should be regarded as the setting of the trend for the neutral pion mass as the magnetic field is turned on.