Hard Thermal Loops, Gauged WZNW Action and the Energy of Hot Quark-Gluon Plasma

Abstract

The generating functional for hard thermal loops in QCD is rewritten in terms of a gauged WZNW action by introducing an auxiliary field. This shows in a simple way that the contribution of hard thermal loops to the energy of the quark-gluon plasma is positive.

arXiv comment9 pages, CU-TP 601

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