2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/38603Using the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model we study chemical potential response of the pion and kaon masses as a function of temperature and chemical potential, i.e., dm/dμ(T, μ). First, we obtain the responses assuming the vector-axial vector coupling is zero (g_V=0). Then, we include a non-zero g_V and study the effects of g_V on the responses. We find that the behavior of dm/dμfor the pion is quite different from that for the kaon. It means that dm/dμis much dependent on the mass difference between the two quarks, i.e., the u and s quarks (or even between the u and d quarks). Our results may give a clue to future studies of dm/dμon the lattice.Lattice2001(hightemp), 3 pages, 2 figs; figs changedHigh Energy Physics - Latticetext