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Basics of thermal field theory -- a tutorial on perturbative computations

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2022-01-17 v2

Abstract

These lecture notes, suitable for a two-semester introductory course or self-study, offer an elementary and self-contained exposition of the basic tools and concepts that are encountered in practical computations in perturbative thermal field theory. Selected applications to heavy ion collision physics and cosmology are outlined in the last chapter.

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@article{arxiv.1701.01554,
  title  = {Basics of thermal field theory -- a tutorial on perturbative computations},
  author = {Mikko Laine and Aleksi Vuorinen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.01554},
  year   = {2022}
}

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228 pages. v2: streamlines and additions

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