Published June 30, 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Thermo field dynamics

  • 1. Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (Canada)
  • 2. Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (United States). Dept. of Physics

Description

A quantum field theory at finite temperature is presented. The temperature dependent vacuum is defined such that the vacuum expectation value agrees with the statistical average. The vacuum states with different temperature are connected by a Bogoliubov transformation. The formalism allows the use of the Feynman diagrams for the causal Green's function and the Bethe-Salpeter technique for bound states at finite temperature. The entropy operator is introduced

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
International Journal of Modern Physics B
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
13-14
Journal Page Range
p. 1755-1805.
ISSN
0217-9792
CODEN
IJPBEV

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
28015215
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BETHE-SALPETER EQUATION; BOGOLYUBOV TRANSFORMATION; GREEN FUNCTION; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VACUUM STATES
Descriptors DEC
CANONICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; TRANSFORMATIONS