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024 7 _a10.1017/9781009401968
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040 _aStDuBDS
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050 0 _aQC793.3.F5
_bK36 2023
082 0 4 _a530.14
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100 1 _aKapusta, Joseph I.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aFinite-temperature field theory :
_bprinciples and applications.
250 _a[Second edition] /
_bJoseph I. Kapusta, Charles Gale.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2023.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 428 pages) :
_billustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_bsti
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics
500 _aThis edition previously issued in print: 2006.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
506 0 _aOpen access.
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
520 8 _aThis 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 covered 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. Released initially in 2006, this title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.
521 _aSpecialized.
588 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 25, 2023).
650 0 _aQuantum field theory.
650 0 _aParticles (Nuclear physics)
650 0 _aMany-body problem.
700 1 _aGale, Charles,
_d1957-
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version :
_z9781009401951
830 0 _aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009401968
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