Published August 22, 1983
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Journal article
On perturbation theory at finite temperature
Creators
- 1. Texas Univ., Austin (USA). Center for Particle Theory
- 2. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA). Theoretical Div.
Description
We show that the largest temperature-dependent contribution to the fermion self-energy of order α2 in QED goes as (α2T4/p2)ln[(E + p)/(E - p), where p is the 3-momentum and E is the energy, and we speculate on the form of higher-order terms in the perturbation expansion. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nucl. Phys., B
- Journal Volume
- 223
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- CODEN: NUPBB.;Nucl. Phys., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 525-531
- ISSN
- 0550-3213
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 15003826
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ELECTRONS; PERTURBATION THEORY; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; SELF-ENERGY; SERIES EXPANSION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; LEPTONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY