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Group projection method in statistical systems

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We discuss an application of group theoretical methods to the formulation of the thermodynamics of systems constrained by the conservation laws described by a semi--simple compact Lie group. A general projection method that allows to construct a partition function for a given irreducible representation of the Lie group is outlined. Applications of the method in Lattice Gauge Theory (LGT) for non--zero baryon number and in the phenomenological description of particle production in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions are also indicated.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0302245,
  title  = {Group projection method in statistical systems},
  author = {K. Redlich and F. Karsch and A. Tounsi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0302245},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Invited talk presented at the XXIV International Colloquium on Group Theoritical Methods in Physics