Computing Spectral Densities in Finite Temperature Field Theory

Abstract

Convenient Cutkosky-like diagrammatic rules for computing the spectral densities of arbitrary two-point correlation functions in finite temperature field theory are derived. The approach is based on an explicit analytic continuation of imaginary-time Feynman diagrams and avoids the complications of real-time finite temperature perturbation theory. The application of this method to the perturbative evaluation of transport coefficients is briefly discussed.

51 pages, in latex using revtex macros, 12 figures in postscript, appended. UW/PT-92-03

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