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KMS conditions for 4-point Green functions at finite temperature
We study the 4-point function in the Keldysh formalism of the closed time
path formulation of real time finite temperature field theory.
We derive the KMS conditions for these functions and discuss the number of
4-point functions that are independent. We define a set of `physical' functions
which are linear combinations of the usual Keldysh functions. We show that
these functions satisfy simple KMS conditions. In addition, we consider a set
of integral equations which represent a resummation of ladder graphs. We show
that these integral equations decouple when one uses the physical functions
that we have defined. We discuss the generalization of these results to QED.Comment: 17 pages in Revtex with 2 figure
QED Electrical Conductivity using the 2PI Effective Action
In this article we calculate the electrical conductivity in QED using the 2PI
effective action. We use a modified version of the usual 2PI effective action
which is defined with respect to self-consistent solutions of the 2-point
functions. We show that the green functions obtained from this modified
effective action satisfy ward identities and that the conductivity obtained
from the kubo relation is gauge invariant. We work to 3-loop order in the
modified 2PI effective action and show explicitly that the resulting expression
for the conductivity contains the square of the amplitude that corresponds to
all binary collision and production processes.Comment: 24 pages, 21 figure
Ward Identities in Non-equilibrium QED
We verify the QED Ward identity for the two- and three -point functions at
non-equilibrium in the HTL limit. We use the Keldysh formalism of real time
finite temperature field theory. We obtain an identity of the same form as the
Ward identity for a set of one loop self-energy and one loop three-point vertex
diagrams which are constructed from HTL effective propagators and vertices.Comment: 19 pages, RevTex, 4 PostScript figures, revised version to be
published in Phys. Rev.
Ring diagrams and electroweak phase transition in a magnetic field
Electroweak phase transition in a magnetic field is investigated within the
one-loop and ring diagram contributions to the effective potential in the
minimal Standard Model. All fundamental fermions and bosons are included with
their actual values of masses and the Higgs boson mass is considered in the
range . The effective potential is real at
sufficiently high temperature. The important role of fermions and -bosons in
symmetry behaviour is observed. It is found that the phase transition for the
field strengths G is of first order but the baryogenesis
condition is not satisfied. The comparison with the hypermagnetic field case is
done.Comment: 16 pages, Latex, changed for a mistake in the numerical par
Transport Theory beyond Binary Collisions
Using the Schwinger-Keldysh technique, we derive the transport equations for
a system of quantum scalar fields. We first discuss the general structure of
the equations and then their collision terms. Taking into account up to
three-loop diagrams in \phi^3 model and up to four-loop diagrams in \phi^4
model, we obtain the transport equations which include the contributions of
multi-particle collisions and particle production processes, in addition to
mean-field effects and binary interactions.Comment: 30 pages, 21 figures, minor changes, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Theory of the Resistive Transition in Overdoped : Implications for the angular dependence of the quasiparticle scattering rate in High- superconductors
We show that recent measurements of the magnetic field dependence of the
magnetization, specific heat and resistivity of overdoped
in the vicinity of the superconducting
imply that the vortex viscosity is anomalously small and that the material
studied is inhomogeneous with small, a few hundred , regions in which the
local is much higher than the bulk . The anomalously small
vortex viscosity can be derived from a microscopic model in which the
quasiparticle lifetime varies dramatically around the Fermi surface, being
small everywhere except along the zone diagonal (``cold spot''). We propose
experimental tests of our results.Comment: 4 pages, LaTex, 2 EPS figure
Leading Order QCD Shear Viscosity from the 3PI Effective Action
In this article we calculate the leading order shear viscosity in QCD using
the resummed 3PI effective action. We work to 3-loop order in the effective
action. We show that the integral equations that resum the pinching and
collinear contributions are produced naturally by the formalism. All leading
order terms are included, without the need for any kind of power counting
arguments.Comment: 23 pages, 27 figure
Temperature phase transition and an effective expansion parameter in the O(N)-model
The temperature phase transition in the N-component scalar field theory with
spontaneous symmetry breaking is investigated in the perturbative approach. The
second Legendre transform is used together with the consideration of the gap
equations in the extrema of the free energy. Resummations are performed on the
super daisy level and beyond. The phase transition turns out to be weakly of
first order. The diagrams beyond the super daisy ones which are calculated
correspond to next-to-next-to-leading order in 1/N. It is shown that these
diagrams do not alter the phase transition qualitatively. In the limit N goes
to infinity the phase transition becomes second order. A comparison with other
approaches is done.Comment: 28 pages, 5 figures, corrected for some misprints, unnecessary
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Perturbative and Nonperturbative Kolmogorov Turbulence in a Gluon Plasma
In numerical simulations of nonabelian plasma instabilities in the hard-loop
approximation, a turbulent spectrum has been observed that is characterized by
a phase-space density of particles with exponent , which is larger than expected from relativistic
scatterings. Using the approach of Zakharov, L'vov and Falkovich, we analyse
possible Kolmogorov coefficients for relativistic -particle
processes, which give at most perturbatively for an energy cascade.
We discuss nonperturbative scenarios which lead to larger values. As an extreme
limit we find the result generically in an inherently nonperturbative
effective field theory situation, which coincides with results obtained by
Berges et al.\ in large- scalar field theory. If we instead assume that
scaling behavior is determined by Schwinger-Dyson resummations such that the
different scaling of bare and dressed vertices matters, we find that
intermediate values are possible. We present one simple scenario which would
single out .Comment: published versio
Oscillatory behavior of the in-medium interparticle potential in hot gauge system with scalar bound states
We investigate the in-medium interparticle potential of hot gauge system with
bound states by employing the QED and scalar QED coupling. At finite
temperature an oscillatory behavior of the potential has been found as well as
its variation in terms of different free parameters. We expect the competition
among the parameters will lead to an appropriate interparticle potential which
could be extended to discuss the fluid properties of QGP with scalar bound
states
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