309 research outputs found
Understanding human behaviour in fire: Validation of the Use of Serious Gaming for Research into Fire Safety Psychonomics
Helsloot, I. [Promotor]Vries, B. de [Copromotor
Chapman-Enskog expansion of the Boltzmann equation and its diagrammatic interpretation
We perform a Chapman-Enskog expansion of the Boltzmann equation keeping up to
quadratic contributions. We obtain a generalized nonlinear Kubo formula, and a
set of integral equations which resum ladder and extended ladder diagrams. We
show that these two equations have exactly the same structure, and thus provide
a diagrammatic interpretation of the Chapman-Enskog expansion of the Boltzmann
equation, up to quadratic order.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures in eps, talk given at XXXI International Symposium
on Multiparticle Dynamics, Sept 1-7, 2001, Datong China. URL
http://ismd31.ccnu.edu.cn
A Slavnov-Taylor identity and equality of damping rates for static transverse and longitudinal gluons in hot QCD
A Slavnov-Taylor identity is derived for the gluon polarization tensor in hot
QCD. We evaluate its implications for damping of gluonic modes in the plasma.
Applying the identity to next to the leading order in hard-thermal-loop
resummed perturbation theory, we derive the expected equality of damping rates
for static transverse and longitudinal (soft) gluons. This is of interest also
in view of deviating recent reports of based
on a direct calculation of .Comment: 13 pages, 1 figure, LaTe
Spontaneous Scale Symmetry Breaking in 2+1-Dimensional QED at Both Zero and Finite Temperature
A complete analysis of dynamical scale symmetry breaking in 2+1-dimensional
QED at both zero and finite temperature is presented by looking at solutions to
the Schwinger-Dyson equation. In different kinetic energy regimes we use
various numerical and analytic techniques (including an expansion in large
flavour number). It is confirmed that, contrary to the case of 3+1 dimensions,
there is no dynamical scale symmetry breaking at zero temperature, despite the
fact that chiral symmetry breaking can occur dynamically. At finite
temperature, such breaking of scale symmetry may take place.Comment: 12 pages, no figures, uses RevTeX4-bet
Four-Point Spectral Functions and Ward Identities in Hot QED
We derive spectral representations for the different components of the
4-point function at finite temperature in the real time formalism in terms of
five real spectral densities. We explicitly calculate all these functions in
QED in the hard thermal loop approximation. The Ward identities obeyed by the
1-loop 3- and 4-point functions in real time and their spectral functions are
derived. We compare our results with those derived previously in the
imaginary-time formalism for retarded functions in hot QCD, and we discuss the
generalization of our results to non-equilibrium situations.Comment: 16 pages in Revtex with 3 figures, dense version, a typo correcte
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