Finite Temperature

Quantum Field Theory · Part 7

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Table of Contents

  1. 1.4.1 Thermal Density Matrix
  2. 2.4.2 Imaginary Time Formalism
  3. 3.4.3 Matsubara Frequencies
  4. 4.4.4 Thermal Propagators
  5. 5.4.5 Thermal Distributions
  6. 6.4.6 Finite Temperature Effective Potential
  7. 7.4.7 Thermal Phase Transitions
  8. 8.4.8 First vs Second Order Transitions
  9. 9.4.9 Phase Transitions in the Early Universe
  10. 10.4.10 Baryogenesis and Sakharov Conditions

Key Equations

$$\rho = \frac{1}{Z} e^{-\beta H}$$
$$e^{-\beta H} = e^{-iH(i\beta)} = e^{-iHt}\Big|_{t \to -i\beta}$$
$$i\omega_n \to \omega + i\epsilon$$
$$n_B(\omega) \approx \frac{T}{\omega}, \quad n_F(\omega) \approx \frac{1}{2} - \frac{\omega}{4T}$$

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Course Context

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