Thermal Field Theory (spring 2007)
class: Thursdays 12-13pm (Vivian 413)

literature:
Michel Le Bellac, Thermal Field Theory, Cambridge University Press (2000)
Joseph I. Kapusta and Charles Gale, Finite-Temperature Field Theory, Cambridge University Press (2006, 2nd edition)


contents per lecture:

1. partition function, Matsubara formalism, scalar tadpole resummation
2. one loop gauge boson, discontinuities, physical interpretation
3. HTL self energy, collective excitations
4. Green functions, linear response, KMS condition
5. spectral functions, kinetic theory
6. Vlasov equation, HTL polarization, transport qualitative discussion
7. transport coefficients at weak coupling
8. magnetic mass