Finite-Temperature Field Theory Principles and Applications - Grand Format

2nd edition

Edition en anglais

Joseph-I Kapusta

Charles Gale

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This book develops the basic formalism and theoretical techniques for studying relativistic quantum field theory at high temperature and density. Specific... Lire la suite
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This book develops the basic formalism and theoretical techniques for studying relativistic quantum field theory at high temperature and density. Specific physical theories treated include QED, QCD, electroweak theory, and effective nuclear field theories of hadronic and nuclear matter. Topics include functional integral representation of the partition function, diagrammatic expansions, linear response theory, screening and plasma oscillations, spontaneous symmetry breaking, the Goldstone theorem, resummation and hard thermal loops, lattice gauge theory, phase transitions, nucleation theory, quark-gluon plasma, and color superconductivity.
Applications to astrophysics and cosmology include white dwarf and neutron stars, neutrino emissivity, baryon number violation in the early universe, and cosmological phase transitions. Applications to relativistic nucleus—nucleus collisions are also included.

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The book is suitable for theorists in elementary particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. Problems are given at the end of each chapter, and numerous references to the literature are included.

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Biographie de Joseph-I Kapusta

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. The first edition of Finite-Temperature Field Theory was published by Cambridge University Press in 1989 ; a paperback edition followed in 1994. CHARLES GALE is James McGill Professor at the Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal. He received his Ph.D. from McGill University in 1986 and joined the faculty there in 1989.
He has authored over 100 articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings. Since 2005 he has been the Chair of the Department of Physics at McGill University. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

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