High-temperature QCD and the classical Boltzmann equation in curved spacetime
Abstract
It has been shown that the high-temperature limit of perturbative thermal QCD is easily obtained from the Boltzmann transport equation for "classical" coloured particles [P.F. Kelly et al., Phys. Rev. D 50 (1994) 4209]. We generalize this treatment to curved space-time. We are thus able to construct the effective stress-energy tensor. We give a construction for an effective action. As an example of the convenience of the Boltzmann method, we derive the high-temperature 3-graviton function. We discuss the static case.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Physics B
- Pub Date:
- February 1995
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0550-3213(94)00582-Y
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-th/9411130
- Bibcode:
- 1995NuPhB.437..433B
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Theory;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
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