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High-temperature QCD and the classical Boltzmann equation in curved spacetime

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-28 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

It has been shown that the high-temperature limit of perturbative thermal QCD is easily obtained from the Boltzmann transport equation for `classical' coloured particles. We generalize this treatment to curved space-time. We are thus able to construct the effective stress-energy tensor. We give a construction for an effective action. As an example of the convenience of the Boltzmann method, we derive the high-temperature 3-graviton function. We discuss the static case.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9411130,
  title  = {High-temperature QCD and the classical Boltzmann equation in curved spacetime},
  author = {F. T. Brandt and J. Frenkel and J. C. Taylor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9411130},
  year   = {2009}
}

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