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Nonequilibrium Quantum Field Theory

✍ Scribed by Esteban A. Calzetta, Bei-Lok B. Hu

Book ID: 127455230
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 3 MB
Series: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
Edition: illustrated edition
Category: Library
ISBN: 0511424329

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✦ Synopsis

Bringing together the key ideas from nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and powerful methodology from quantum field theory, this book captures the essence of nonequilibrium quantum field theory. Beginning with the foundational aspects of the theory, the book presents important concepts and useful techniques, discusses issues of basic interest, and shows how thermal field, linear response, kinetic theories and hydrodynamics emerge. It also illustrates how these concepts and methodology are applied to current research topics including nonequilibrium phase transitions, thermalization in relativistic heavy ion collisions, the nonequilibrium dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensation, and the generation of structures from quantum fluctuations in the early Universe. Divided into five parts, each part addresses a particular stage in the conceptual and technical development of the subject.