Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa
Facultad de Fisica, Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile, Casilla 306, Santiago, Chile
Abstract:
We calculate the hadronic width (damping rate) of pions and nucleons at finite temperature in the framework of the linear sigma model, and to lowest order in the virial expansion. Results indicate a substantial growth of both widths even at moderately low temperatures.