Finite-temperature field theory : principles and applications.
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| Author / Creator: | Kapusta, Joseph I. |
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| 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: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6091037 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- 1. Review of quantum statistical mechanics
- 1.1. Ensembles
- 1.2. One bosonic degree of freedom
- 1.3. One fermionic degree of freedom
- 1.4. Noninteracting particles in a box
- 1.5. Bibliography
- 1.6. Exercises
- 2. Functional integral representation of the partition function
- 2.1. Transition amplitude for bosons
- 2.2. Partition function for bosons
- 2.3. Neutral scalar field
- 2.4. Bose-Einstein condensation
- 2.5. Fermions
- 2.6. Remarks on functional integrals
- 2.7. Bibliography
- 2.8. Exercises
- 3. Interactions and diagrammatic techniques
- 3.1. Perturbative expansion
- 3.2. Diagrammatic rules for [[lambda phis superscript 4]] theory
- 3.3. Propagator
- 3.4. First-order corrections to H and ln Z
- 3.5. Summation of infrared divergences
- 3.6. Yukawa theory
- 3.7. Remarks on real-time perturbation theory
- 3.8. Bibliography
- 3.9. Exercises
- 4. Renormalization
- 4.1. Renormalizing [[lambda phis superscript 4]] theory
- 4.2. Renormalization group
- 4.3. Application to the partition function
- 4.4. Bibliography
- 4.5. Exercises
- 5. Quantum electrodynamics
- 5.1. Quantizing the electromagnetic field
- 5.2. Blackbody radiation
- 5.3. Diagrammatic expansions
- 5.4. Photon self-energy
- 5.5. Loop corrections to In Z
- 5.5.1. Two loops
- 5.5.2. Ring diagrams
- 5.5.3. Three loops
- 5.6. White dwarf stars
- 5.7. Bibliography
- 5.8. Exercises
- 6. Linear response theory
- 6.1. Linear response to an external field
- 6.2. Screening of static electric fields
- 6.3. Exact formula for screening length in QED
- 6.4. Plasma oscillations
- 6.5. Bibliography
- 6.6. Exercises
- 7. Spontaneous symmetry breaking and restoration
- 7.1. Charged scalar field with negative mass-squared
- 7.2. Goldstone's theorem
- 7.3. Loop corrections
- 7.4. Higgs model
- 7.5. Bibliography
- 7.6. Exercises
- 8. Quantum chromodynamics
- 8.1. Quarks and gluons
- 8.2. Asymptotic freedom
- 8.3. Perturbative evaluation of partition function
- 8.4. Instantons
- 8.5. Gluon propagator and linear response
- 8.6. Infrared problems
- 8.7. Deconfinement phase transition
- 8.8. Ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions
- 8.9. Strange quark matter
- 8.10. Bibliography
- 8.11. Exercises
- 9. Weak interactions
- 9.1. Weinberg-Salam model
- 9.2. Symmetry restoration
- 9.3. Early universe
- 9.4. Bibliography
- 9.5. Exercises
- 10. Nuclear matter
- 10.1. Effective nuclear field theories
- 10.2. Dense nuclear matter
- 10.3. Liquid-gas phase transition
- 10.4. Pion problem
- 10.5. Neutron stars
- 10.6. Bibliography
- 10.7. Exercises
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- A.1. Thermodynamic relations
- A.2. High-temperature expansion
- A.3. Microcanonical and canonical ensembles
- References
- Index
