The Three Loop Equation of State of QED at High Temperature

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20 May 1994

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

Abstract

We present the three loop contribution (order $e^4$) to the pressure of massless quantum electrodynamics at nonzero temperature. The calculation is performed within the imaginary time formalism. Dimensional regularization is used to handle the usual, intermediate stage, ultraviolet and infrared singularities, and also to prevent overcounting of diagrams during resummation.

Keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE
IMAGINARY TIME
INFRARED
LOOP EQUATION
NONZERO TEMPERATURE
PREVENT
QED
REGULARIZATION
SINGULARITIES
TEMPERATURE

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Version 1, 1994-05-20, ArXiv
Version 2, 1994-09-05, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review Letters, 73 (18), 2398.

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