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On Quantum Fields at High Temperature

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-02-14 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Revisiting the fast fermion damping rate calculation in a thermalized QED and/or QCD plasma at 4-loop order, focus is put on a peculiar perturbative structure which has no equivalent at zero-temperature. Not surprisingly and in agreement with previous CC^\star-algebraic analyses, this structure renders the use of thermal perturbation theory quite questionable.

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@article{arxiv.1901.06338,
  title  = {On Quantum Fields at High Temperature},
  author = {Ingolf Bischer and Thierry Grandou and Ralf Hofmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.06338},
  year   = {2019}
}

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16 pages, 5 figures