Kapusta J.I., Gale C. Finite-Temperature Field Theory: Principles and Applications

2nd Edition. — Cambridge University Press, 2006. — 442 p. — (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics). — ISBN: 9780521173223 (Paperback) 9780521820820 (Hardback).Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition develops the basic formalism and theoretical techniques for studying relativistic field theory at finite temperature and density. It starts with the path-integral representation of the partition function and then proceeds to develop diagrammatic perturbation techniques. The standard model is discussed, along with the nature of the phase transitions in strongly interacting systems and applications to relativistic heavy ion collisions, dense stellar objects, and the early universe.The authors' clear and pedagogical style will suit graduate courses.
Contains exercises at the end of each chapter.
Thoroughly updated, revised and extended.Table of ContentsReview of quantum statistical mechanics
Functional integral representation of the partition function
Interactions and diagrammatic techniques
Renormalisation
Quantum electrodynamics
Linear response theory
Spontaneous symmetry breaking and restoration
Quantum chromodynamics
Resummation and hard thermal loops
Lattice gauge theory
Dense nuclear matter
Hot hadronic matter
Nucleation theory
Heavy ion collisions
Weak interactions
Astrophysics and cosmology