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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
July 2023
Print publication year:
2023
Online ISBN:
9781009401968
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009401968
Creative Commons:
Creative Common License - CC Creative Common License - BY Creative Common License - NC Creative Common License - ND
This content is Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/creativelicenses
Subjects:
Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics, Physics and Astronomy, Theoretical Physics and Mathematical Physics
Series:
Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
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This 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.

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  • Frontmatter
    pp i-iv
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  • Contents
    pp v-x
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  • Preface
    pp xi-xii
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  • 1 - Review of quantum statistical mechanics
    pp 1-11
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  • 2 - Functional integral representation of the partition function
    pp 12-32
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  • 3 - Interactions and diagrammatic techniques
    pp 33-54
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  • 4 - Renormalization
    pp 55-63
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  • 5 - Quantum electrodynamics
    pp 64-83
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  • 6 - Linear response theory
    pp 84-116
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  • 7 - Spontaneous symmetry breaking and restoration
    pp 117-134
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  • 8 - Quantum chromodynamics
    pp 135-176
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  • 9 - Resummation and hard thermal loops
    pp 177-194
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  • 10 - Lattice gauge theory
    pp 195-218
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  • 11 - Dense nuclear matter
    pp 219-239
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  • 12 - Hot hadronic matter
    pp 240-288
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  • 13 - Nucleation theory
    pp 289-316
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  • 14 - Heavy ion collisions
    pp 317-360
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  • 15 - Weak interactions
    pp 361-378
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  • 16 - Astrophysics and cosmology
    pp 379-412
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  • Conclusion
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  • Appendix
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  • Index
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