Hadrons at finite temperature / Samirnath Mallik, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Sourav Sarkar, Variable Energy Cyclotron Center, Kolkata.
By: Mallik, Samirnath [author.].
Contributor(s): Sarkar, S. (Sourav) [author.].
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TextSeries: Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics: Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016Description: xiv, 250 pages : PDS 105.00 illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781107145313; 1107145317.Subject(s): Hadrons | Thermodynamics | Field theory (Physics) | Broken symmetry (Physics) | Heavy ion collisionsDDC classification: 539.7216 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only Summary: "High energy laboratories are performing experiments in heavy ion collisions to explore the structure of matter at high temperature and density. This elementary book explains the basic ideas involved in the theoretical analysis of these experimental data. It first develops two topics needed for this purpose, namely hadron interactions and thermal field theory. Chiral perturbation theory is developed to describe hadron interactions and thermal field theory is formulated in the real-time method. In particular, spectral form of thermal propagators is derived for fields of arbitrary spin and used to calculate loop integrals. These developments are then applied to find quark condensate and hadron parameters in medium, including dilepton production. Finally, the non-equilibrium method of statistical field theory to calculate transport coefficients is reviewed. With technical details explained in the text and appendices, this book should be accessible to researchers as well as graduate students interested in thermal field theory"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Book | Chennai Mathematical Institute General Stacks | 539.721 MAL (Browse shelf) | Available | 11058 |
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes index.
"High energy laboratories are performing experiments in heavy ion collisions to explore the structure of matter at high temperature and density. This elementary book explains the basic ideas involved in the theoretical analysis of these experimental data. It first develops two topics needed for this purpose, namely hadron interactions and thermal field theory. Chiral perturbation theory is developed to describe hadron interactions and thermal field theory is formulated in the real-time method. In particular, spectral form of thermal propagators is derived for fields of arbitrary spin and used to calculate loop integrals. These developments are then applied to find quark condensate and hadron parameters in medium, including dilepton production. Finally, the non-equilibrium method of statistical field theory to calculate transport coefficients is reviewed. With technical details explained in the text and appendices, this book should be accessible to researchers as well as graduate students interested in thermal field theory"-- Provided by publisher.