Published January 23, 1995
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Journal article
Higher-order corrections to the equation-of-state of QED at high temperature
Creators
- 1. CEA Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Service de Physique Theorique
- 2. High Energy Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass, IL 60439 (United States)
Description
We elaborate on the computation of the pressure of thermal quantum electrodynamics, with massless electrons, to the fifth (e5) order. The calculation is performed within the Feynman gauge and the imaginary-time formalism is employed. For the e4 calculation, the method of Sudakov decomposition is used to evaluate some ultraviolet finite integrals which have a collinear singularity. For the e5 contribution, we give an alternative derivation and extend the discussion to massive electrons and nonzero chemical potential. Comments are made on expected similarities and differences for prospective three-loop calculations in QCD. ((orig.))
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Physics. B
- Journal Volume
- 434
- Journal Issue
- 1-2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 56-84.
- ISSN
- 0550-3213
- CODEN
- NUPBBO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 26038792
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CALCULATION METHODS; CORRECTIONS; ELECTRONS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FEYNMAN DIAGRAM; GAUGE INVARIANCE; INTEGRAL CALCULUS; INTEGRALS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; PERTURBATION THEORY; PHOTONS; PROPAGATOR; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; REST MASS; SELF-ENERGY; SINGULARITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; ULTRAVIOLET DIVERGENCES
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; DIAGRAMS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY; EQUATIONS; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; INFORMATION; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LEPTONS; MASS; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY