Lo, Pok Man
(2011)
Confinement Models at Finite Temperature and Density.
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
This work presents a non-perturbative study of dynamical chiral symmetry breaking in various confinement models at finite temperature and density. The tool of choice is the Schwinger-Dyson equations. We shall discuss (i) the inadequacy of static confinement models in explaining thermal properties of QCD (ii) dynamical chiral and parity symmetry breaking of three dimensional QED with two-component fermions (iii) endemic infrared divergences in QED3 at finite temperature and the attempt to solve the system self-consistently.
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Item Type: |
University of Pittsburgh ETD
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Status: |
Unpublished |
Creators/Authors: |
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ETD Committee: |
Title | Member | Email Address | Pitt Username | ORCID |
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Committee Chair | Swanson, Eric | | | | Committee Member | Leibovich, Adam | | | | Committee Member | Boyanovsky, Daniel | | | | Committee Member | Briere, Roy | | | | Committee Member | Savinov, Vladimir | | | |
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Date: |
29 September 2011 |
Date Type: |
Completion |
Defense Date: |
4 August 2011 |
Approval Date: |
29 September 2011 |
Submission Date: |
15 August 2011 |
Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
Number of Pages: |
188 |
Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Physics |
Degree: |
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy |
Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
Refereed: |
Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
breaking; chiral; confinement; density; dynamical; Dyson; finite temperature; infrared divergence; non-perturbative; QCD; QED3; Schwinger; self-consistent method; symmetry; thermal field theory; truncation; ultraviolet divergence |
Other ID: |
http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-08152011-133039/, etd-08152011-133039 |
Date Deposited: |
10 Nov 2011 19:59 |
Last Modified: |
15 Nov 2016 13:49 |
URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9113 |
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