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Spectral functions at nonzero temperature

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-04-09 v1 High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We present a straightforward derivation of the spectral representation of a scalar field at nonzero temperature, assuming that the field is relativistically invariant in vacuum. This form was first derived by Bros and Buchholz.

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@article{arxiv.2504.05383,
  title  = {Spectral functions at nonzero temperature},
  author = {V. P. Nair and Robert D. Pisarski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.05383},
  year   = {2025}
}

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4 pages

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