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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQC174.86.N65 _bC35 2008
082	0	0	_a530.14/3 _222
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, _c2008.
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
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aBasic issues in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics -- Relaxation, dissipation, noise, and fluctuations -- Quantum open systems -- Quantum fields on time-dependent backgrounds : particle creation -- Open systems of interacting quantum fields -- Functional methods in nonequilibrium QFT -- Closed time path effective action for gauge theories -- Dissipation and noise in mean field dynamics -- Entropy generation and decoherence of quantum fields -- Thermal field and linear response theory -- Quantum kinetic field theory -- Hydrdynamics and thermalization -- Nonequilibrium Bose-Einstein condensates -- Nonequilibrium issues in RHICs and DCCs -- Nonequilibrium quantum processes in the early universe.
520			_aBringing together the key ideas from nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and powerful methodology from quantum field theory, this 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 and methodology are applied to current 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. Divided into five parts, with each part addressing a particular stage in the conceptual and technical development of the subject, this self-contained book is a valuable reference for graduate students and researchers in particle physics, gravitation, cosmology, atomic-optical and condensed matter physics.
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: _z9780521641685
830		0	_aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511535123
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