Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 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
- References
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 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
- References
- Index
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- Thermal Field Theory , pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1996