Joseph I. Kapusta (University of Minnesota), Charles Gale (Montreal McGill University)

Finite-Temperature Field Theory

Principles and Applications

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book develops the basic formalism and theoretical techniques for studying relativistic quantum field theory at high temperature and density, 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.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 442
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 830g
• ISBN-13: 9781009401982
• ISBN-10: 100940198X
• Artikelnr.: 68319545

Autorenporträt

Joseph I. Kapusta is Professor of Physics at the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1978 and has been a faculty member at the University of Minnesota since 1982. He has authored over 150 articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings. Since 1997 he has been an associate editor for Physical Review C. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Review of quantum statistical mechanics
2. Functional integral representation of the partition function
3. Interactions and diagrammatic techniques
4. Renormalisation
5. Quantum electrodynamics
6. Linear response theory
7. Spontaneous symmetry breaking and restoration
8. Quantum chromodynamics
9. Resummation and hard thermal loops
10. Lattice gauge theory
11. Dense nuclear matter
12. Hot hadronic matter
13. Nucleation theory
14. Heavy ion collisions
15. Weak interactions
16. Astrophysics and cosmology
Conclusion
Appendix.