Light-Front QED{sub 1+1} at Finite Temperature

Journal Article · Fri Sep 05 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.101.100402· OSTI ID:21134182

Strauss, S; Beyer, M ^[1]

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1. Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, 18051 Rostock (Germany)

We investigate the thermodynamic properties of quantum electrodynamics in 1+1 dimensions. We derive the partition function of the canonical ensemble in discrete light cone quantization and calculate the thermodynamical potential. This central quantity is evaluated for different system sizes and coupling strengths. We investigate the continuum limit and the thermodynamical limit and present basic thermodynamical quantities as a function of temperature for the interacting system. The results are compared to the idealized cases.

• OSTI ID: 21134182
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 101, Issue 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.100402; (c) 2008 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
LIGHT CONE
PARTITION FUNCTIONS
POTENTIALS
QUANTIZATION
QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES