Finite-Temperature Field Theory: Principles and Applications

Joseph I. Kapusta; Charles Gale

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Finite-Temperature Field Theory

Principles and Applications

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Joseph I. Kapusta, University of Minnesota, Charles Gale, McGill University, Montréal

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: July 2023
Print publication year:: 2023
Online ISBN:: 9781009401968
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009401968
Creative Commons:: This content is Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/creativelicenses

Subjects:: Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics, Physics and Astronomy, Theoretical Physics and Mathematical Physics
Series:: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics

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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. Released initially in 2006, this title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.

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Principles and Applications

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-x

Preface
pp xi-xii

1 - Review of quantum statistical mechanics
pp 1-11

2 - Functional integral representation of the partition function
pp 12-32

3 - Interactions and diagrammatic techniques
pp 33-54

4 - Renormalization
pp 55-63

5 - Quantum electrodynamics
pp 64-83

6 - Linear response theory
pp 84-116

7 - Spontaneous symmetry breaking and restoration
pp 117-134

8 - Quantum chromodynamics
pp 135-176

9 - Resummation and hard thermal loops
pp 177-194

10 - Lattice gauge theory
pp 195-218

11 - Dense nuclear matter
pp 219-239

12 - Hot hadronic matter
pp 240-288

13 - Nucleation theory
pp 289-316

14 - Heavy ion collisions
pp 317-360

15 - Weak interactions
pp 361-378

16 - Astrophysics and cosmology
pp 379-412

Conclusion
pp 413-416

Appendix
pp 417-424

Index
pp 425-428

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