Published May 10, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Effective action for hard thermal loops in gravitational fields

  • 1. Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, 88330-668, Balneário Camboriú, SC (Brazil)
  • 2. Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508-090, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
  • 3. DAMTP, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 OWA (United Kingdom)

Description

We examine, through a Boltzmann equation approach, the generating action of hard thermal loops in the background of gravitational fields. Using the gauge and Weyl invariance of the theory at high temperature, we derive an explicit closed-form expression for the effective action.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.03.011

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2016.03.011;
arXiv
arXiv:1603.03074v1;
PII
S0370-2693(16)00182-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
756
Journal Page Range
p. 205-207
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
48011680
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
ACTION INTEGRAL; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; INTEGRALS; INTEGRO-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; KINETIC EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TEMPERATURE RANGE

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