Download or read book Thermal Field Theory written by Michel Le Bellac and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-07-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to the relativistic thermal field theory and its applications in particle physics and astrophysics.
Download or read book Basics of Thermal Field Theory written by Mikko Laine and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents thermal field theory techniques, which can be applied in both cosmology and the theoretical description of the QCD plasma generated in heavy-ion collision experiments. It focuses on gauge interactions (whether weak or strong), which are essential in both contexts. As well as the many differences in the physics questions posed and in the microscopic forces playing a central role, the authors also explain the similarities and the techniques, such as the resummations, that are needed for developing a formally consistent perturbative expansion. The formalism is developed step by step, starting from quantum mechanics; introducing scalar, fermionic and gauge fields; describing the issues of infrared divergences; resummations and effective field theories; and incorporating systems with finite chemical potentials. With this machinery in place, the important class of real-time (dynamic) observables is treated in some detail. This is followed by an overview of a number of applications, ranging from the study of phase transitions and particle production rate computations, to the concept of transport and damping coefficients that play a ubiquitous role in current developments. The book serves as a self-contained textbook on relativistic thermal field theory for undergraduate and graduate students of theoretical high-energy physics.
Download or read book Finite Temperature Field Theory written by Joseph I. Kapusta and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thermal Quantum Field Theory Algebraic Aspects And Applications written by Faqir C Khanna and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2009-02-06 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph presents recent developments in quantum field theory at finite temperature. By using Lie groups, ideas from thermal theory are considered with concepts of symmetry, allowing for applications not only to quantum field theory but also to transport theory, quantum optics and statistical mechanics. This includes an analysis of geometrical and topological aspects of spatially confined systems with applications to the Casimir effect, superconductivity and phase transitions. Finally, some developments in open systems are also considered. The book provides a unified picture of the fundamental aspects in thermal quantum field theory and their applications, and is important to the field as a result, since it combines several diverse ideas that lead to a better understanding of different areas of physics.
Download or read book Thermal Field Theories And Their Applications Proceedings Of The 4th International Workshop written by Yuan-xing Gui and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1996-06-12 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thermal field theory is the study of quantum field theory at non-zero temperature. This proceedings introduces both retrospect and prospect for various aspects of thermal field theory as well as their extensive applications to condensed matter physics, high energy physics, cosmology, nuclear physics, etc. Also included are speeches memorizing the recently lamented Professor Hiroomi Umezawa, a leading physicist in thermal field theory, by his former students and colleagues.
Download or read book Finite Temperature Field Theory Second Edition written by Ashok Das and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses all three formalisms used in the study of finite temperature field theory, namely the imaginary time formalism, the closed time formalism and thermofield dynamics. In addition, the finite temperature description on an arbitrary path in the complex t-plane is also described in detail. Gauge field theories and symmetry restoration at finite temperature are among the practical examples discussed in depth. The thermal operator representation relating the zero temperature Feynman graphs to the finite temperature ones are also explained in depth. Applications of the formalisms are worked out in detail. The consistent generalization of light-front field theories to finite temperature is systematically explained as well as the phenomenon of Unruh radiation. Cutting (Cutcosky) rules for the imaginary parts of amplitudes at finite temperature are discussed in careful detail and examples are worked out. Spontaneous and dynamical symmetry breaking and possible symmetry restoration at finite temperature are described. The question of gauge dependence of the effective potential as well as physical parameters (like mass) and the Nielsen identities are explained with examples. The methods for calculating effective actions at finite temperature are described with examples. The subtleties which arise at finite temperature are pointed out in detail also with examples. The nonrestoration of some of the symmetries at high temperature (such as supersymmetry) and theories on nonsimply connected space-times are described thoroughly. Examples of nonequilibrium phenomena are discussed with the disoriented chiral condensates as an illustration. Fluctuation-dissipation theorem is explained in detail and is worked out systematically for glassy materials. Several appendices are added at the end of some of the chapters to help the readers appreciate the discussions of the individual chapters.This book is a very useful tool for graduate students, teachers and researchers in theoretical physics.
Download or read book Thermal Field Theory Banff cap Workshop On Proceedings Of The 3rd Workshop On Thermal Field Theories And Their Applications written by Faqir C Khanna and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994-05-31 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finite temperature field theory is playing an increasingly important role in our understanding of fundamental interactions. It is relevant to condensed matter physics, early universe cosmology, astrophysics, particle physics, nuclear physics and quantum optics.The proceedings of the Banff/CAP Summer School and Workshop comprise the outcome of the third international workshop hold on finite temperature field theory. The over 50 papers include five pedagogical lecture series given by well known experts in the field, as well as invited technical seminars and contributed talks.
Download or read book Thermal Field Theories written by H. Ezawa and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theories of quantum fields at non-zero temperature have been steadily developed for well over a decade. In 1988, as a result of the increased demand for communication among theorists working in different fields ranging from condensed matter physics to high energy physics and astrophysics, the first international meeting was organized (the proceedings of which have been published in Physica A 158, 1989). This 2nd workshop covers similar fields, namely equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics, quantum optics, high-temperature gauge-field theories, string theories, statistical theories of gravitation and cosmology. The resulting proceedings reflect the progress made in the respective fields, identify the major common problems and suggest possible directions for their solutions.
Download or read book From Gravity to Thermal Gauge Theories The AdS CFT Correspondence written by Eleftherios Papantonopoulos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-03-27 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The AdS/CFT correspondence is a powerful tool in studying strongly coupled phenomena in gauge field theories, using results from a weakly coupled gravity background studied in the realm of string theory. AdS/CFT was first successfully applied to the study of phenomena such as the quark-gluon plasma produced in heavy ions collisions. Soon it was realized that its applicability can be extended, in a more phenomenological approach, to condensed matter systems and to systems described by fluid dynamics. The set of tutorial reviews in this volume is intended as an introduction to and survey of the principle of the AdS/CFT correspondence in its field/string theoretic formulation, its applicability to holographic QCD and to heavy ions collisions, and to give a first account of processes in fluid dynamics and condensed matter physics, which can be studied with the use of this principle. Written by leading researchers in the field and cast into the form of a high-level but approachable multi-author textbook, this volume will be of benefit to all postgraduate students, and newcomers from neighboring disciplines wishing to find a comprehensive guide for their future research.
Download or read book Thermal Quantum Field Theory written by F. C. Khanna and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2009 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents developments in thermal field theory. This book combines ideas from thermal theory with concepts from group theory using Lie algebras, allowing for applications not only to quantum field theory but also to quantum optics and statistical mechanics
Download or read book Finite Temperature Field Theory written by Joseph I. Kapusta and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-03 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2006 second edition of 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, 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 cover 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. The book is written 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.
Download or read book Introduction to Effective Field Theory written by C. P. Burgess and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This advanced, accessible textbook on effective field theories uses worked examples to bring this important topic to a wider audience.
Download or read book Advanced Field Theory written by Hiroomi Umezawa and published by Springer. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work begins by distinguishing the difference between quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. It then attempts to extend field theory by adding a thermal degree of freedom to phenomena occurring within a vacuum. The resulting quantum field theory is called Thermo Field Dynamics (TFD).
Download or read book Perturbative Algebraic Quantum Field Theory written by Kasia Rejzner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perturbative Algebraic Quantum Field Theory (pAQFT), the subject of this book, is a complete and mathematically rigorous treatment of perturbative quantum field theory (pQFT) that doesn’t require the use of divergent quantities and works on a large class of Lorenzian manifolds. We discuss in detail the examples of scalar fields, gauge theories and the effective quantum gravity. pQFT models describe a wide range of physical phenomena and have remarkable agreement with experimental results. Despite this success, the theory suffers from many conceptual problems. pAQFT is a good candidate to solve many, if not all, of these conceptual problems. Chapters 1-3 provide some background in mathematics and physics. Chapter 4 concerns classical theory of the scalar field, which is subsequently quantized in chapters 5 and 6. Chapter 7 covers gauge theory and chapter 8 discusses effective quantum gravity. The book aims to be accessible to researchers and graduate students, who are interested in the mathematical foundations of pQFT.
Download or read book Finite Temperature Field Theory written by Joseph I. Kapusta and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finite-Temperature Field Theory develops the basic formalism and theoretical techniques for studying relativistic quantum field theory at high temperature and density.
Download or read book Nonequilibrium Quantum Field Theory written by Esteban A. Calzetta and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2008 book, reissued as OA, captures the essence of nonequilibrium quantum field theory, graduate students and researchers.
Download or read book The Thermodynamics of Quantum Yang Mills Theory written by Ralf Hoffman and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2012 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to provide advanced students and researchers with the text on a nonperturbative, thermodynamically grounded, and largely analytical approach to four-dimensional Quantum Gauge Theory. It also covers terrestrial, astrophysical, and cosmological applications, mostly within the realm of low-temperature photon physics
