The current understanding of the behavior of quantum chromodynamics at finite temperature
is presented. Perturbative methods are used to explore the high-temperature dynamics. At …

This report gives a detailed account of relativistic quantum field theory in the grand
canonical ensemble. Three approaches are discussed: traditional Euclidean Matsubara …

This book is a very early systematic treatment of the application of the field-theoretical
methods developed after the Second World War to the quantum mechanical many-body …

This book develops the basic formalism and theoretical techniques for studying relativistic
quantum field theory at high temperature and density. Specific physical theories treated …

This text introduces the theoretical framework for describing the quark-gluon plasma, an
important new state of matter. The first part of the book is a self-contained introduction to …

The one-phonon differential scattering cross section for the coherent scattering of thermal
neutrons by an anharmonic Bravais crystal is obtained correct to the lowest nonvanishing …

We study QCD at nonzero temperature and baryon density in the framework of the analytic
continuation from an imaginary chemical potential. We carry out simulations of QCD with …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses that Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer (BCS) theory is
a remarkably complete theory of the superconducting state, and it raises the possibility to …

Feynman's path integral formulation of quantum statistical mechanics (1) makes possible the
computer simulation of quantum many-body systems of chemical and physical interest [(2a …

This book discusses all three formalisms used in the study of finite temperature field theory,
namely the imaginary time formalism, the closed time formalism and thermofield dynamics …