Hard Thermal Loops in a Moving Plasma and a Magnetic Mass Term

TL;DR

This paper investigates the behavior of hard thermal loops in a moving quark-gluon plasma and proposes a candidate for the magnetic mass term, which could shed light on the mass gap in 3D non-Abelian gauge theories.

Contribution

It generalizes the understanding of hard thermal loops in a moving plasma and introduces a candidate magnetic mass term relevant to gauge theory mass gaps.

Findings

Proposes a candidate magnetic mass term for moving plasmas.

Links magnetic mass concepts to the mass gap in gauge theories.

Extends thermal loop analysis to non-static plasma conditions.

Abstract

We consider the hard thermal loops of QCD for a moving quark-gluon plasma. Generalizing from this we suggest a candidate for the magnetic mass term. This term may also be useful in understanding the mass gap of three-dimensional non-Abelian gauge theories.