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Finite-Temperature Field Theory
Joseph I. Kapusta and Charles Gale
2007
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This book develops the basic formalism and theoretical techniques for studying relativistic quantum field theory at high temperature and density. Specific physical theories treated include QED, QCD, electroweak theory, and effective nuclear field theories of hadronic and nuclear matter. Topics covered include: functional integral representation of the partition function, diagrammatic expansions, linear response theory, screening and plasma oscillations, spontaneous symmetry breaking, Goldstone theorem, resummation and hard thermal loops, lattice gauge theory, phase transitions, nucleation theory, quark-gluon plasma, and color superconductivity. Applications to astrophysics and cosmology cover white dwarf and neutron stars, neutrino emissivity, baryon number violation in the early universe, and cosmological phase transitions. Applications to relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions are also included. The book is written for theorists in elementary particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
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Keywords
- astrophysics and cosmology
- dense nuclear matter
- diagrammatic techniques
- functional integral representation
- hard thermal loops
- Heavy ion collisions
- hot hadronic matter
- interactions
- lattice gauge theory
- linear response theory
- nucleation theory
- Quantum Chromodynamics
- Quantum electrodynamics
- quantum statistical mechanics
- renormalisation
- resummation
- Spontaneous symmetry breaking
- the partition function
- thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics::PHN Nuclear physics
- weak interactions
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DOI: 10.1017/9781009401968Editions