Temperature, Topology and Quantum Fields
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This thesis uses Path Integrals and Green's Functions to study Gravity, Quantum Field Theory and Statistical Mechanics, particularly with respect to: finite temperature quantum systems of different spin in gravitational fields; finite temperature interacting quantum systems in perturbative regime; self-interacting fermi models in non-trivial space-time of different dimensions; non-linear quantum models at finite temperatures in a background curved space-time; 3-D topological field models in non-trivial space-time and at finite temperatures; thermal quantum systems in a background curved space-time. Results include: Non-Equivalence of Inertial and Gravitational Mass.
Georgia Tech 1996 Ph.D. thesis, approx. 291 pages, 26 LaTeX files, primary file ikthesis.tex, 25 subsidiary files ikthesisparts.tar.gz - use LaTeX on primary file with 25 subsidiary files in same directory - LaTeX twice to get citations
Georgia Tech 1996 Ph.D. thesis, approx. 291 pages, 26 LaTeX files, primary file ikthesis.tex, 25 subsidiary files ikthesisparts.tar.gz - use LaTeX on primary file with 25 subsidiary files in same directory - LaTeX twice to get citations