Finite-temperature field theory : principles and applications.

Finite-temperature field theory : principles and applications.

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Author / Creator:Kapusta, Joseph I.
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Description:xii, 428 p. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
Subject:
Quantum field theory.
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Many-body problem.
Many-body problem.
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Quantum field theory.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6091037
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Other authors / contributors:Gale, Charles.
ISBN:0521820820

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505 0 0 |g 1.  |t Review of quantum statistical mechanics --  |g 1.1.  |t Ensembles --  |g 1.2.  |t One bosonic degree of freedom --  |g 1.3.  |t One fermionic degree of freedom --  |g 1.4.  |t Noninteracting particles in a box --  |g 1.5.  |t Bibliography --  |g 1.6.  |t Exercises --  |g 2.  |t Functional integral representation of the partition function --  |g 2.1.  |t Transition amplitude for bosons --  |g 2.2.  |t Partition function for bosons --  |g 2.3.  |t Neutral scalar field --  |g 2.4.  |t Bose-Einstein condensation --  |g 2.5.  |t Fermions --  |g 2.6.  |t Remarks on functional integrals --  |g 2.7.  |t Bibliography --  |g 2.8.  |t Exercises --  |g 3.  |t Interactions and diagrammatic techniques --  |g 3.1.  |t Perturbative expansion --  |g 3.2.  |t Diagrammatic rules for [[lambda phis superscript 4]] theory --  |g 3.3.  |t Propagator --  |g 3.4.  |t First-order corrections to H and ln Z --  |g 3.5.  |t Summation of infrared divergences --  |g 3.6.  |t Yukawa theory --  |g 3.7.  |t Remarks on real-time perturbation theory --  |g 3.8.  |t Bibliography --  |g 3.9.  |t Exercises --  |g 4.  |t Renormalization --  |g 4.1.  |t Renormalizing [[lambda phis superscript 4]] theory --  |g 4.2.  |t Renormalization group --  |g 4.3.  |t Application to the partition function --  |g 4.4.  |t Bibliography --  |g 4.5.  |t Exercises --  |g 5.  |t Quantum electrodynamics --  |g 5.1.  |t Quantizing the electromagnetic field --  |g 5.2.  |t Blackbody radiation --  |g 5.3.  |t Diagrammatic expansions --  |g 5.4.  |t Photon self-energy --  |g 5.5.  |t Loop corrections to In Z --  |g 5.5.1.  |t Two loops --  |g 5.5.2.  |t Ring diagrams --  |g 5.5.3.  |t Three loops --  |g 5.6.  |t White dwarf stars --  |g 5.7.  |t Bibliography --  |g 5.8.  |t Exercises --  |g 6.  |t Linear response theory --  |g 6.1.  |t Linear response to an external field --  |g 6.2.  |t Screening of static electric fields --  |g 6.3.  |t Exact formula for screening length in QED --  |g 6.4.  |t Plasma oscillations --  |g 6.5.  |t Bibliography --  |g 6.6.  |t Exercises --  |g 7.  |t Spontaneous symmetry breaking and restoration --  |g 7.1.  |t Charged scalar field with negative mass-squared --  |g 7.2.  |t Goldstone's theorem --  |g 7.3.  |t Loop corrections --  |g 7.4.  |t Higgs model --  |g 7.5.  |t Bibliography --  |g 7.6.  |t Exercises --  |g 8.  |t Quantum chromodynamics --  |g 8.1.  |t Quarks and gluons --  |g 8.2.  |t Asymptotic freedom --  |g 8.3.  |t Perturbative evaluation of partition function --  |g 8.4.  |t Instantons --  |g 8.5.  |t Gluon propagator and linear response --  |g 8.6.  |t Infrared problems --  |g 8.7.  |t Deconfinement phase transition --  |g 8.8.  |t Ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions --  |g 8.9.  |t Strange quark matter --  |g 8.10.  |t Bibliography --  |g 8.11.  |t Exercises --  |g 9.  |t Weak interactions --  |g 9.1.  |t Weinberg-Salam model --  |g 9.2.  |t Symmetry restoration --  |g 9.3.  |t Early universe --  |g 9.4.  |t Bibliography --  |g 9.5.  |t Exercises --  |g 10.  |t Nuclear matter --  |g 10.1.  |t Effective nuclear field theories --  |g 10.2.  |t Dense nuclear matter --  |g 10.3.  |t Liquid-gas phase transition --  |g 10.4.  |t Pion problem --  |g 10.5.  |t Neutron stars --  |g 10.6.  |t Bibliography --  |g 10.7.  |t Exercises --  |g A.1.  |t Thermodynamic relations --  |g A.2.  |t High-temperature expansion --  |g A.3.  |t Microcanonical and canonical ensembles. 
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