Thermodynamics of the Schwinger and Thirring models

The thermodynamical partition functions for both the Schwinger and Thirring models are evaluated. The imaginary time formalism of quantum field theory at finite temperature and pathintegral methods are used. For the Schwinger model, the partition function displays two features: (i) no physical (tran...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Ruiz Ruiz, Fernando, Álvarez Estrada, Ramón F.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1987
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/59050
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59050
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:53
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics
Particles & Fields
Física (Física)
22 Física
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Sumario:The thermodynamical partition functions for both the Schwinger and Thirring models are evaluated. The imaginary time formalism of quantum field theory at finite temperature and pathintegral methods are used. For the Schwinger model, the partition function displays two features: (i) no physical (transverse) photons exist in 1+1 dimensions; (ii) the theory also describes just free massive bosons. For the Thirring model, the partition function equals that for free massless fermions. The complete thermodynamical propagators and the energies per unit volume at finite temperature are also given.