Thermal field theory
Now in paperback, this text introduces the theoretical framework for describing the quark-gluon plasma, an important new state of matter. The first part of this book is a self-contained introduction to relativistic thermal field theory. Topics include the path integral approach, the real and the imaginary time formalisms, fermion fields and gauge fields at finite temperature. Useful techniques such as the evaluation of frequency sums or the use of cutting rules are illustrated on various exampl…
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- Full title :Thermal field theory / Michel Le Bellac.
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Now in paperback, this text introduces the theoretical framework for describing the quark-gluon plasma, an important new state of matter. The first part of this book is a self-contained introduction to relativistic thermal field theory. Topics include the path integral approach, the real and the imaginary time formalisms, fermion fields and gauge fields at finite temperature. Useful techniques such as the evaluation of frequency sums or the use of cutting rules are illustrated on various examples. The second part of the book is devoted to recent developments, giving a detailed account of collective excitations (bosonic and fermionic), and showing how they give rise to energy scales which imply a reorganization of perturbation theory. The relation with kinetic theory is also explained. Applications to processes which occur in heavy ion collisions and in astrophysics are worked out in detail. Each chapter ends with exercises and a guide to the literature.
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- Publication Date:1996.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1996.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780511721700, 0511721706, 9780521460408, 0521460409, 9780521654777, 0521654777
- oclc:ocn715166507
- LC Classification:QC174.17.P7
- Dewey Decimal:530.1/44
Table of Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Quantum statistical mechanics -- 3. The scalar field at finite temperature -- 4. Simple applications of perturbation theory -- 5. Dirac and gauge fields at finite temperature -- 6. Collective excitations in a plasma -- 7. Hard thermal loops and resummation -- 8. Dynamical screening -- 9. Neutrino emission from stars -- 10. Infrared problems at finite temperature -- A Formulary -- B Operator formalism.
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