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Photon Radiation in a Heat Bath

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-28 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We discuss the bremsstrahlung of photons into a heat bath, and calculate from first principles the energy radiated. Even to lowest order the spectrum of the radiation at low frequency is no more singular than at zero temperature. In addition to the obvious contributions, this spectrum includes terms associated with fluctuations. [Revised version has additional explanations]

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9402315,
  title  = {Photon Radiation in a Heat Bath},
  author = {P V Landshoff and J C Taylor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9402315},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages, plus 2 figures in pictex DAMTP 94/2

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