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Publications and source records attributed to Meenu Dahiya.
We study chiral symmetry structure at finite density and temperature in the presence of external magnetic field and gravity, a situation relevant in the early Universe and in the core of compact stars. We then investigate the dynamical evolution of phase transition in the expanding early Universe and possible formation of quark nuggets and their survival.
Two flavor Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model with N components is studied in curved space time at finite temperature and density in the leading 1/N expansion. In four space time dimension the model exhibits first order phase transition for positive curvature. Whereas in flat space an increase in temperature induces a second order phase transition even at finite density, in curved space the transition becomes first order. We obtain the phase boundary in density-temperature plane and exhibit its behavior with changing curvature. A three dimensional plot of the phase boundary in $μ$-T-R space is drawn.
We study the chiral symmetry structure in a linear sigma model with fermions in the presence of an external, uniform magnetic field in the 'effective potential' approach at the one loop level. We also study the chiral phase transition as a function of density in the core of magnetized neutron stars.