Published January 15, 1987
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Journal article
Gauge theories at finite temperature and chemical potential
Creators
- 1. Nuclear Science Division 70A, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
Description
The relativistic partition function is studied respecting the internal symmetries. We consider generally the SU(N) gauge theories, and, in particular, the SU(3) symmetry relating to the quark-gluon plasma. The implications of the complex chemical potentials are analyzed and discussed in relation to the lattice gauge theories. It is explicitly shown that the physical partition function is real, which can be obtained from a complex Euclidean partition function by imposing Gauss's law
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev., D
- Journal Volume
- 35
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Phys. Rev., D.
- Journal Page Range
- 748-752
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 18053354
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BARYON NUMBER; EUCLIDEAN SPACE; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GLUONS; HAMILTONIANS; ISOSPIN; LATTICE FIELD THEORY; PARTITION FUNCTIONS; POTENTIALS; QUARK MATTER; RELATIVITY THEORY; SU-3 GROUPS; SYMMETRY BREAKING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
- Descriptors DEC
- CONSTRUCTIVE FIELD THEORY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATTER; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM OPERATORS; RIEMANN SPACE; SPACE; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS