The Schwinger Action Principle and Effective Action

DOI10.1017/CBO9780511585913zbMath1148.81003MaRDI QIDQ5458673

David J. Toms

Publication date: 17 April 2008

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511585913

zbMATH Keywords

finite temperature; Bose gas; Fermi gas; action principle in classical systems; action principle in quantum systems; effective action in QFT; interacting scalar field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T10: Model quantum field theories

81-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory

82-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to statistical mechanics

82B10: Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general)

82D05: Statistical mechanics of gases

81-01: Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to quantum theory

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