Finite Temperature
Quantum Field Theory · Part 7
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Table of Contents
- 1.4.1 Thermal Density Matrix
- 2.4.2 Imaginary Time Formalism
- 3.4.3 Matsubara Frequencies
- 4.4.4 Thermal Propagators
- 5.4.5 Thermal Distributions
- 6.4.6 Finite Temperature Effective Potential
- 7.4.7 Thermal Phase Transitions
- 8.4.8 First vs Second Order Transitions
- 9.4.9 Phase Transitions in the Early Universe
- 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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