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arxiv: hep-ph/0212355 · v2 · submitted 2002-12-24 · ✦ hep-ph

Exact Calculation of Ring Diagrams and the Off-shell Effect on the Equation of State

classification ✦ hep-ph
keywords effectoff-shelldiagramsequationpartpoleringstate
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The partition function with ring diagrams at finite temperature is exactly caluclated by using contour integrals in the complex energy plane. It contains a pole part with temperature and momentum dependent mass and a phase shift part induced by off-shell effect in hot medium. The thermodynamic potentials for $\phi^4$ and $\phi^3$ interactions are calculated and compared with the quasi-particle (pole) approximation. It is found that the off-shell effect on the equation of state is remarkable.

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