Relativistic many-body theory and statistical mechanics /

This book explains the development of the SHP theory, reviews its basic concepts, and gives examples of its applications.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Horwitz, L. P. (Lawrence Paul), 1930- (Autor), Arshansky, Rafael I. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2018]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 4.
IOP concise physics.
Temas:
Many-body problem.
Statistical mechanics.
Classical mechanics.
SCIENCE / Physics / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Many-body relativistic mechanics and gauge theory
  • 2.1. The classical two-body problem
  • 2.2. The classical N-body problem
  • 2.3. Electromagnetism
  • 3. Quantum mechanical two-body problem and consequences for many-body systems
  • 3.1. The two-body bound states for scalar particles
  • 3.2. The many-body problem and the RMS
  • 3.3. The Stueckelberg string
  • 3.4. The induced representation
  • 3.5. Two-body partial wave analysis for scattering
  • 3.6. Unitarity and the Levinson theorem
  • 3.7. Cross sections
  • 4. Scattering theory
  • 4.1. Foundations of relativistic scattering theory
  • 4.2. The S matrix
  • 4.3. Interaction picture perturbation expansion
  • 4.4. The Gell-Mann-Low theorem
  • 4.5. Green's functions and the T matrix
  • 5. Classical relativistic statistical mechanics
  • 5.1. Relativistic Gibbs ensemble
  • 5.2. Stability of the mass of an SHP particle
  • 5.3. Canonical thermodynamics
  • 5.4. Fluctuations in mass and energy
  • 5.5. Grand canonical ensemble
  • 5.6. Grand canonical thermodynamics
  • 5.7. Conclusions
  • 6. Quantum relativistic statistical mechanics, spin statistics and quantum field theory
  • 6.1. Relativistic quantum statistical mechanics
  • 6.2. The ideal free quantum gas
  • 6.3. Relativistic high temperature Boson phase transition
  • 6.4. Quantization of the electromagnetic field and black-body radiation
  • 6.5. Manifestly covariant relativistic Boltzmann equation
  • 6.6. Spin, statistics and correlations
  • 7. Discussion and outlook.

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