Chiral Symmetry Restoration and the Georgi Vector Limit

Abstract

The chiral phase transition at high temperature and/or density is interpreted in terms of Georgi's vector limit. We discuss three cases as possible support for this scenario: Quark-number susceptibility, cool kaons in heavy-ion process and an instanton-molecule picture for chiral restoration. Both the notion of ``mended symmetry" and the Georgi vector limit are suggested to be relevant in nuclear physics of dense matter.

Comments: LATEX, 12 pages (no figures), SUNY NTG-94-44 (typos corrected)