18–23 May 2026
Venue
Europe/Madrid timezone

Lecture — Introduction to thermal field theory

18 May 2026, 15:00
1h 15m
Venue

Venue

Residència d'Investigadors, Carrer de l'Hospital, 64, Ciutat Vella, 08001 Barcelona, Spain

Speaker

Saga Säppi (Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC))

Description

A one-hour crash course on QFT at finite density and temperature with the aim to help the students understand basic methods of computing quantities such as the pressure in the finite-density (and also finite-temperature) background necessary for understanding neutron stars (and their collisions), as well as the complications that arise due to the presence of soft scales. Focus on computational tools in the imaginary-time formalism.

Primary author

Saga Säppi (Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC))

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