On meson spectral functions at high temperature and nonzero momentum

Abstract

In the high-temperature phase of QCD meson spectral functions at nonzero momentum are expected to have a nontrivial and interesting structure. In order to provide a reference point for lattice studies employing e.g. the Maximal Entropy Method, we discuss several characteristics of meson spectral functions in the infinite-temperature limit. We report on ongoing work in quenched QCD with staggered fermions.

Comments: talk given at Lattice 2005 (nonzero temperature and density), 6 pages with 5 eps figures, two figures updated