Thermal Quantum Field Theory: Algebraic Aspects and Applications. This item is unavailable.Thermal Quantum Field Theory: Algebraic Aspects and Applications

This monograph presents recent developments in quantum field theory at finite temperature. By using Lie groups, ideas from thermal theory are considered with concepts of symmetry, allowing for applications not only to quantum field theory but also to transport theory, quantum optics and statistical mechanics. This includes an analysis of geometrical and topological aspects of spatially confined systems with applications to the Casimir effect, superconductivity and phase transitions. Finally, some developments in open systems are also considered. The book provides a unified picture of the fundamental aspects in thermal quantum field theory and their applications, and is important to the field as a result, since it combines several diverse ideas that lead to a better understanding of different areas of physics.

An important and original aspect of the formalism is the focus on symmetry, which helps the authors to smoothly navigate among several topics covered in the book. The subject comprises the main ingredients of finite temperature quantum field theory and the unique algebraic aspects will certainly be of very good help to both students and researchers interested in thermal effects in field theory. --Dionisio Bazeia, University of Paraiba, Brazil