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Informationen zum Autor Esteban Calzetta is a Professor in the Departamento de Fisica at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and Researcher at CONICET, Argentina. Klappentext Reference for graduate students and researchers in particle physics, gravitation, cosmology, atomic-optical and condensed matter physics. Zusammenfassung Capturing the essence of nonequilibrium quantum field theory! this self-contained book covers the foundational aspects! presents important concepts and useful techniques! and discusses issues of basic interest. This book is a valuable reference for graduate students and researchers in particle physics! gravitation! cosmology! atomic-optical and condensed matter physics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Fundamentals of Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics: 1. Basic issues in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics; 2. Relaxation! dissipation! noise and fluctuations; 3. Quantum open systems; Part II. Basics of Nonequilibrium Quantum Field Theory: 4. Quantum fields on time-dependent backgrounds: particle creation; 5. Open systems of interacting quantum fields; 6. Functional methods in nonequilibrium QFT; Part III. Gauge Invariance! Dissipation! Entropy! Noise and Decoherence: 7. Closed time path effective action for gauge theories; 8. Dissipation and noise in mean field dynamics; 9. Entropy generation and decoherence of quantum fields; Part IV. Thermal! Kinetic and Hydrodynamic Regimes: 10. Thermal field and linear response theory; 11. Quantum kinetic field theory; 12. Hydrodynamics and thermalization; 13. Nonequilibrium Bose-Einstein condensates; 14. Nonequilibrium issues in RHICs and DCCs; 15. Nonequilibrium quantum processes in the early universe; References; Index.
