Hamiltonian analysis of the effective action for hard thermal loops in QCD

Mar, 1994
17 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 50 (1994) 4201-4208
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Report number:
  • CCNY-HEP-2-94

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Abstract:
The effective action for hard thermal loops in QCD is related to a gauged WZNW theory. Some of the technical issues of this approach are clarified and the Hamiltonian formulation is presented. The two-point correlation function for the induced current in QCD is obtained; some simplifications of the dynamics of the longitudinal modes are also pointed out.
  • gauge field theory: SU(N)
  • finite temperature
  • Hamiltonian formalism
  • current algebra
  • effective action
  • Wess-Zumino-Witten model
  • perturbation theory: higher-order