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050 4 _aQC174.86.N65
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082 0 4 _a530.14/3
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100 1 _aCalzetta, Esteban A.,
_d1958-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aNonequilibrium quantum field theory /
_cEsteban A. Calzetta, Bei-Lok B. Hu.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2022.
300 _a1 online resource (xv, 535 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics
506 0 _aOpen Access.
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
500 _aReissued as Open Access in 2022. Originally published in 2009.
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Nov 2022).
520 _aBringing together the key ideas from nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and powerful methodology from quantum field theory, this 2008 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 are applied to 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. This self-contained book is a valuable reference for graduate students and researchers in particle physics, gravitation, cosmology, atomic-optical and condensed matter physics. It has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.
650 0 _aNonequilibrium statistical mechanics.
650 0 _aQuantum field theory.
650 0 _aMany-body problem.
700 1 _aHu, B. L.
_q(Bei-Lok),
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781009289986
830 0 _aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009290036
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