Dissociation of hadrons in quark matter within finite temperature field theory approach on the light front

Abstract

We present a relativistic three-body equation to investigate the properties of nucleons in hot and dense nuclear/quark matter. Within the light front approach we utilize a zero-range interaction to study the three-body dynamics. The relativistic in-medium equation is derived within a systematic Dyson equation approach that includes the dominant medium effects due to Pauli blocking and self energy corrections. We present the in-medium nucleon mass and calculate the dissociation of the three-body system.

Comments: 4 pages, 2 figures. Presented by S. Mattiello at Light-Cone 2004, Amsterdam, 16 - 20 August