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The quark-gluon plasma in linear response theory
| dc.contributor.advisor | Siemens, Philip J. | |
| dc.creator | Lopez, Jorge Alberto | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-02T21:00:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-02T21:00:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1986 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-24851 | |
| dc.description | Typescript (photocopy). | en |
| dc.description.abstract | We study the quark-gluon plasma using linear response theory. We find different characteristics for different kinematical regions. For low k, k[o] (and k < k[o]) we find collective excitations and dispersive behavior typical of plasmas. For k > k[o] we find energy absorbing and emitting processes. And for high k/T when k < k[o] we find the vacuum to have an amplifying behavior; we relate this to an instability of the QCD vacuum and a tendency to decay to the real physical vacuum. These findings are connected to the production of the quark-gluon plasma in heavy ion collisions. | en |
| dc.format.extent | v, 85 leaves | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Major physics | en |
| dc.subject.classification | 1986 Dissertation L864 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Quark-gluon interactions | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Many-body problem | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Quantum chromodynamics | en |
| dc.title | The quark-gluon plasma in linear response theory | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Ph. D | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Fulling, Stephen a. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Ko, Che Ming | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | McIntyre, Peter M. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Smith, Roger A. | |
| dc.type.genre | dissertations | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
| dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 18099801 |
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