Gauge theories at finite temperature and the background field method

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Gauge theories at finite temperature and the background field method Antikainen, J.; Chaichian, M.; Pantoja, N.R.; Salazar, J.J.

Abstract

The background field method has been employed to renormalize the real-time non-abelian field theory at finite temperature. The one-loop renormalization group equations for the gauge coupling are solved and its behaviour is obtained with respect to both temperature and momentum scale.