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On Normal ordering and Canonical transformations in Thermal Field Theory

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v3

Abstract

We look at a real scalar field in thermal equilibrium in the context of the new normal ordering and field split defined by Evans and Steer. We show that the field split defines a natural canonical transformation, but that this transformation differs from others known in thermal field theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9706549,
  title  = {On Normal ordering and Canonical transformations in Thermal Field Theory},
  author = {M. Blasone and T. S. Evans and D. A. Steer and G. Vitiello},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9706549},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

13 pages, LaTeX. (Revisions made to discussion and various small errors in equations corrected)