Basics of Thermal Field Theory A Tutorial on Perturbative Computations /

• Main Authors: Laine, Mikko (Author), Vuorinen, Aleksi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 925
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Thermodynamics.; Cosmology.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Mathematical Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

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 m...

Table of Contents:

• 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.