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Thermal Quantum Field Theory and Perturbative Non-Equilibrium Dynamics

✍ Scribed by Peter Millington (auth.)

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2014
Tongue
English
Leaves
220
Series
Springer Theses
Edition
1
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

In this thesis, the authors develop a new perturbative formulation of non-equilibrium thermal quantum field theory, capable of describing time-dependent and spatially-inhomogeneous ultra-relativistic many-body quantum systems.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Introduction to Part I....Pages 13-14
Classical Prerequisites....Pages 15-40
Quantum Statistical Mechanics....Pages 41-61
Correlation Functions....Pages 63-71
Imaginary Time Formalism....Pages 73-79
Scalar Field Theory....Pages 81-91
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Introduction to Part II....Pages 95-96
The CTP Formalism....Pages 97-109
Non-Homogeneous Backgrounds....Pages 111-127
The Thermodynamic Equilibrium Limit....Pages 129-140
Absence of Pinch Singularities....Pages 141-145
Number Density of Particles....Pages 147-150
Master Time Evolution Equations....Pages 151-155
Non-Homogeneous Loop Integrals....Pages 157-170
Thermalization of a Heavy Scalar....Pages 171-193
Conclusions....Pages 195-197
Back Matter....Pages 199-215

✦ Subjects

Quantum Field Theories, String Theory;Thermodynamics;Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity;Mathematical Physics

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