Dense Matter in Compact Stars by Andreas Schmitt

Dense Matter in Compact Stars by Andreas Schmitt

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Zusammenfassung

The purpose and motivation of these lectures can be summarized in the following two questions: • What is the ground state (and its properties) of dense matter? If you are interested in fundamental questions in particle physics you may take the former point of view: you ask the question what happens to matter if you squeeze it more and more.

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Dense Matter in Compact Stars by Andreas Schmitt

The purpose of these lectures is to address the following two strongly coupled issues: - What is the ground state (and its properties) of dense (quark) matter? - What is the matter composition of a compact star? In order to fulfill their primary goal - to remain both concise and accessible to the beginning graduate student or other newcomers to the field - the only prerequisites are a working knowledge of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics as well as a first course in quantum field theory. More advanced material will be introduced as the text progresses and an appendix covers basic elements of thermal quantum field theory at finite chemical potential. Instead of developing all relevant formal tools (which is not even fully possible in the regime of QCD considered here), calculations are physically motivated, making the reader familiar with the theories and technicalities by learning by doing. In this way these lectures will guide and prepare the reader towards further investigations and own theoretical research in this exciting field at the interface of nuclear, particle and astrophysics.
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ISBN 13 9783642128653
ISBN 10 3642128653
Titel Dense Matter in Compact Stars
Autor Andreas Schmitt
Serie Lecture Notes In Physics
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Springer
Erscheinungsjahr 2010-09-04
Seitenanzahl 147
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