Thermal QED theory for bound states
Dmitry Solovyev
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsPropagatorVacuum polarizationFeynman diagramRenormalizationFine-structure constantRegularization (linguistics)PhotonThermal quantum field theoryQuantum mechanicsQuantum electrodynamicsThermalGauge theoryCoulombAdiabatic processBound stateQuantum field theoryVertex functionVertex (graph theory)Dimensional regularizationEffective actionCoherent statesSelf-energyPerturbation theory (quantum mechanics)Tensor (intrinsic definition)QuantumVacuum stateVirtual particleThermal reservoirSemiclassical physicsUpper and lower boundsGauge fixingPath integral formulationMultipole expansionMany-body problemResummationQuantum and Classical ElectrodynamicsQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle InteractionsAtomic and Molecular Physics