Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1995-01-12
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
37 pages, documentstyle
Scientific paper
The statistical mechanical properties of interacting quantum fields in terms of the dynamics of the correlation functions are investigated. We show how the Dyson - Schwinger equations may be derived from a formal action functional, the n-particle irreducible ($nPI, n \to \infty$) or the `master' effective action. It is related to the decoherence functional between histories defined in terms of correlations. Upon truncation of the Dyson - Schwinger hierarchy at a certain order, the master effective action becomes complex, its imaginary part arising from the higher order correlation functions, the fluctuations of which we define as the correlation noises of that order. Decoherence of correlation histories via these noises gives rise to classical stochastic histories %driven by the flucutations of these higher correlation functions. Ordinary quantum field theory corresponds to taking the lowest order functions, usually the mean field and the 2-point functions. As such, our reasoning shows that it is an effective theory which can be intrinsically dissipative. The relation of loop expansion and correlation order as well as the introduction of an arrow of time from the choice of boundary conditions are expounded with regard to the origin of dissipation in quantum fields. Relation with critical phenomena, quantum transport, molecular hydrodynamics and potential applications to quantum gravity, early universe processes and black hole physics are mentioned.
Calzetta Esteban
Hu Liang-Bin
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