Derivative expansions of the non-equilibrium effective action
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-11-07 v2
Abstract
New techniques for evaluating the closed time path action for non-equilibrium quantum fields are presented. A derivative expansion is performed using a proper time kernel. Applications relevant to the scalar field theory of warm inflation are discussed and dissipation terms resummed. The effective action of the electromagnetic field is also considered. In this case the leading term can be related to the conductivity of a plasma and has a simple interpretation in terms of the classical Drude theory of conductivity.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0103191,
title = {Derivative expansions of the non-equilibrium effective action},
author = {Ian G Moss},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0103191},
year = {2009}
}
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17 pages, 1 figure, ReVTeX