Basics of Thermal Field Theory | Taschenbuch

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Beschreibung

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 numberof 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.

Über den Autor

After obtaining a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Helsinki, in 1994, Mikko Laine held postdoctoral positions at the University of Heidelberg, 1995 - 1997, and at the Theory Division at CERN, 1997 - 2003. For 2003 - 2012 he was a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Bielefeld; since 2012 he is a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Bern.

Aleksi Vuorinen obtained his PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Helsinki in 2004, and thereafter worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington, 2004-2007, the Technical University of Vienna, 2007, as well as the Theory Division of CERN, 2008-2009. From 2009 to 2013, he headed a Sofja Kovalevskaja research group at the University of Bielefeld, after which he returned to Helsinki, where he currently works as a research group leader at the Helsinki Institute of Physics.

Zusammenfassung

Concrete and self-contained style suitable for classroom or self-study, with the material divided into chapters that are directly usable as single lessons

Introduces the basic formalism, concepts, and applications of thermal field theory in the current era of precision cosmology and heavy-ion physics

Offers a detailed exposition of the derivations of the basic equations

Illustrates the developed formalism with selected examples from contemporary research in cosmology and heavy ion physics

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- Notation.- General Outline.- Quantum Mechanics.- Free Scalar Fields.-Interacting Scalar Fields.- Fermions.- Gauge Fields.- Low-Energy Effective Field Theories.- Finite Density.- Real-Time Observables.- Applications.- Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Fachbereich:	Atomphysik & Kernphysik
Genre:	Physik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Lecture Notes in Physics
Inhalt:	xiv 281 S. 51 s/w Illustr. 10 farbige Illustr. 281 p. 61 illus. 10 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783319319322
ISBN-10:	3319319329
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	978-3-319-31932-2
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Vuorinen, Aleksi Laine, Mikko
Auflage:	1st ed. 2016
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing Springer International Publishing AG Lecture Notes in Physics
Maße:	235 x 155 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Aleksi Vuorinen (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	12.06.2016
Gewicht:	0,452 kg

Artikel-ID: 103911178