Thermal scalar quantum field in static background gauge potentials

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dc.contributor.authorActor A.A.
dc.contributor.authorRothe K.D.
dc.contributor.authorScholtz F.G.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:03:38Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:03:38Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.description.abstractWe study, at finite temperature, the energy-momentum tensor Tμμ(x) of a charged scalar field interacting with a static background electromagnetic field. Tμν separates into an UV divergent part Tseaμν representing the virtual sea, and an UV finite part Tplasmaμν describing the thermal plasma of the matter field. In the presence of a constant electric field E→, Tseaμν remains uniform while Tplasmaμν becomes spatially non-uniform in the direction of E→. A related (periodic) spatial non-uniformity is found for a constant static magnetic field B→ if one spatial direction perpendicular to B→ is compactified to a circle.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Physics A: Mathematical and General
dc.identifier.citation32
dc.identifier.citation43
dc.identifier.issn3054470
dc.identifier.other10.1088/0305-4470/32/43/302
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/12712
dc.titleThermal scalar quantum field in static background gauge potentials
dc.typeArticle
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