%0 Journal Article
%T Moments of $¦Õ$ meson spectral functions in vacuum and nuclear matter
%A Philipp Gubler
%A Wolfram Weise
%J Physics
%D 2015
%I arXiv
%R 10.1016/j.physletb.2015.10.068
%X Moments of the $\phi$ meson spectral function in vacuum and in nuclear matter are analyzed, combining a model based on chiral SU(3) effective field theory (with kaonic degrees of freedom) and finite-energy QCD sum rules. For the vacuum we show that the spectral density is strongly constrained by a recent accurate measurement of the $e^+ e^- \to K^+ K^-$ cross section. In nuclear matter the $\phi$ spectrum is modified by interactions of the decay kaons with the surrounding nuclear medium, leading to a significant broadening and an asymmetric deformation of the $\phi$ meson peak. We demonstrate that both in vacuum and nuclear matter, the first two moments of the spectral function are compatible with finite-energy QCD sum rules. A brief discussion of the next-higher spectral moment involving strange four-quark condensates is also presented.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.03769v2