Finite-Temperature Field Theory Principles and Applications

Name: Finite-Temperature Field Theory Principles and Applications
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ISBN: 9780521820820

ISBN-10: 0521820820

ISBN-13: 9780521820820

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Joseph I. Kapusta, Charles James Gale, P. V. Landshoff, D. R. Nelson, D. W. Sciama

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Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition develops the basic formalism and theoretical techniques for studying relativistic field theory at finite temperature and density. It starts with the path-integral representation of the partition function and then proceeds to develop diagrammatic perturbation techniques. The standard model is discussed, along with the nature of the phase transitions in strongly interacting systems and applications to relativistic heavy ion collisions, dense stellar objects, and the early universe. First Edition Hb (1989): 0-521-35155-3 First Edition Pb (1994): 0-521-44945-6

Book details

List price: $216.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/3/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 442
Size: 7.68" wide x 10.08" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 2.156
Language: English

Peter Landshoff qualified for his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1962. He is Professor of Mathematical Physics there and is Vice-Master of Christ's College.



Preface


Preface to the Paperback Edition



Review of quantum statistical mechanics



Ensembles



One bosonic degree of freedom



One fermionic degree of freedom



Noninteracting particles in a box



Bibliography



Exercises



Functional integral representation of the partition function



Transition amplitude for bosons



Partition function for bosons



Neutral scalar field



Bose-Einstein condensation



Fermions



Remarks on functional integrals



Bibliography



Exercises



Interactions and diagrammatic techniques



Perturbative expansion



Diagrammatic rules for [[lambda phis superscript 4]] theory



Propagator



First-order corrections to H and ln Z



Summation of infrared divergences



Yukawa theory



Remarks on real-time perturbation theory



Bibliography



Exercises



Renormalization



Renormalizing [[lambda phis superscript 4]] theory



Renormalization group



Application to the partition function



Bibliography



Exercises



Quantum electrodynamics



Quantizing the electromagnetic field



Blackbody radiation



Diagrammatic expansions



Photon self-energy



Loop corrections to In Z



Two loops



Ring diagrams



Three loops



White dwarf stars



Bibliography



Exercises



Linear response theory



Linear response to an external field



Screening of static electric fields



Exact formula for screening length in QED



Plasma oscillations



Bibliography



Exercises



Spontaneous symmetry breaking and restoration



Charged scalar field with negative mass-squared



Goldstone's theorem



Loop corrections



Higgs model



Bibliography



Exercises



Quantum chromodynamics



Quarks and gluons



Asymptotic freedom



Perturbative evaluation of partition function



Instantons



Gluon propagator and linear response



Infrared problems



Deconfinement phase transition



Ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions



Strange quark matter



Bibliography



Exercises



Weak interactions



Weinberg-Salam model



Symmetry restoration



Early universe



Bibliography



Exercises



Nuclear matter



Effective nuclear field theories



Dense nuclear matter



Liquid-gas phase transition



Pion problem



Neutron stars



Bibliography



Exercises


Conclusion


Appendix



Thermodynamic relations



High-temperature expansion



Microcanonical and canonical ensembles


References


Index