TY - BOOK ID - 134574601 TI - Thermal quantum field theory : algebraic aspects and applications PY - 2009 SN - 1282441272 9786612441271 9812818898 9789812818898 9789812818874 9812818871 PB - New Jersey : World Scientific, DB - UniCat KW - Quantum field theory KW - Thermodynamics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134574601 AB - This monograph presents recent developments in quantum field theory at finite temperature. By using Lie groups, ideas from thermal theory are considered with concepts of symmetry, allowing for applications not only to quantum field theory but also to transport theory, quantum optics and statistical mechanics. This includes an analysis of geometrical and topological aspects of spatially confined systems with applications to the Casimir effect, superconductivity and phase transitions. Finally, some developments in open systems are also considered. The book provides a unified picture of the funda ER -