Finite size effects in the thermodynamics of the free scalar field and the interacting SU(3) plasma
| dc.contributor.advisor | Peshier, Andre | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mohamed, Husam | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-15T09:53:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-05-15T09:53:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-05-13T13:40:37Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this thesis, we study the thermodynamic properties of the free scalar field and the thermodynamics of the interacting SU(3) plasma when these systems are away from the thermodynamic limit, i.e., at finite volume. In the first part of the thesis, we study the thermodynamic properties of the free scalar field in a variety of finite-size geometries (the cube, the cuboid and the parallel-plates geometries) when the field is subjected to Dirichlet and periodic boundary conditions; we also give a brief review of the thermodynamic properties of the free scalar field on discretized Euclidian space-time lattices. In the second part of the thesis, we discuss briefly the thermodynamic properties of the quark-gluon plasma in the continuum and thermodynamic limits, and then we use a quasi-particle model of the SU(3) plasma to shed some light on the interplay of finite-size and generic interaction effects in the context of lattice QCD calculations. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Mohamed, H. (2018). <i>Finite size effects in the thermodynamics of the free scalar field and the interacting SU(3) plasma</i>. (). ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30106 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Mohamed, Husam. <i>"Finite size effects in the thermodynamics of the free scalar field and the interacting SU(3) plasma."</i> ., ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30106 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mohamed, H. 2018. Finite size effects in the thermodynamics of the free scalar field and the interacting SU(3) plasma. . ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30106 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mohamed, Husam AB - In this thesis, we study the thermodynamic properties of the free scalar field and the thermodynamics of the interacting SU(3) plasma when these systems are away from the thermodynamic limit, i.e., at finite volume. In the first part of the thesis, we study the thermodynamic properties of the free scalar field in a variety of finite-size geometries (the cube, the cuboid and the parallel-plates geometries) when the field is subjected to Dirichlet and periodic boundary conditions; we also give a brief review of the thermodynamic properties of the free scalar field on discretized Euclidian space-time lattices. In the second part of the thesis, we discuss briefly the thermodynamic properties of the quark-gluon plasma in the continuum and thermodynamic limits, and then we use a quasi-particle model of the SU(3) plasma to shed some light on the interplay of finite-size and generic interaction effects in the context of lattice QCD calculations. DA - 2018 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2018 T1 - Finite size effects in the thermodynamics of the free scalar field and the interacting SU(3) plasma TI - Finite size effects in the thermodynamics of the free scalar field and the interacting SU(3) plasma UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30106 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30106 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Mohamed H. Finite size effects in the thermodynamics of the free scalar field and the interacting SU(3) plasma. []. ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics, 2018 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30106 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Physics | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Science | |
| dc.title | Finite size effects in the thermodynamics of the free scalar field and the interacting SU(3) plasma | |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationname | MSc |