Hard thermal loops, gauged WZNW action, and the energy of hot quark-gluon plasma

Journal Article · Fri Oct 15 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.48.R3432· OSTI ID:6199812

Nair, V P ^[1]

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1. Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10031 (United States)

The generating functional for hard thermal loops in quantum chromodynamics is rewritten in terms of a gauged Wess-Zumino-Novikov-Witten action by introducing an auxiliary field. This shows in a simple way that the contribution of hard thermal loops to the energy of the quark-gluon plasma is positive.

• OSTI ID: 6199812
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 48:8; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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