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020			_a9780511721700 (ebook)
020			_z9780521460408 (hardback)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQC174.17.P7 _bL4 1996
082	0	0	_a530.1/44 _220
100	1		_aLe Bellac, Michel, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aThermal field theory / _cMichel Le Bellac.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1996.
300			_a1 online resource (xiii, 256 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
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_a1. Introduction -- 2. Quantum statistical mechanics -- 3. The scalar field at finite temperature -- 4. Simple applications of perturbation theory -- 5. Dirac and gauge fields at finite temperature -- 6. Collective excitations in a plasma -- 7. Hard thermal loops and resummation -- 8. Dynamical screening -- 9. Neutrino emission from stars -- 10. Infrared problems at finite temperature -- A Formulary -- B Operator formalism.
520			_aNow in paperback, this text introduces the theoretical framework for describing the quark-gluon plasma, an important new state of matter. The first part of this book is a self-contained introduction to relativistic thermal field theory. Topics include the path integral approach, the real and the imaginary time formalisms, fermion fields and gauge fields at finite temperature. Useful techniques such as the evaluation of frequency sums or the use of cutting rules are illustrated on various examples. The second part of the book is devoted to recent developments, giving a detailed account of collective excitations (bosonic and fermionic), and showing how they give rise to energy scales which imply a reorganization of perturbation theory. The relation with kinetic theory is also explained. Applications to processes which occur in heavy ion collisions and in astrophysics are worked out in detail. Each chapter ends with exercises and a guide to the literature.
650		0	_aMany-body problem.
650		0	_aQuantum chromodynamics.
650		0	_aHigh temperatures.
650		0	_aField theory (Physics)
650		0	_aMathematical physics.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521460408
830		0	_aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511721700
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