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There is nice theme about online lectures on QFT. I would like to know about any online lectures on thermal/finite temperature QFT. Also, I would like to know about some of the best books on thermal/finite temperature QFT.

I know about:

  1. M. Le Bellac, Thermal Field Theory, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, 1996.
  2. J. I. Kapusta and C. Gale, Finite-Temperature Field Theory; Principles and Applications, Cambridge University Press, 2 ed., 2006.
  3. M. Laine and A. Vuorinen, Basics of Thermal Field Theory, vol. 925 of Lecture Notes in Physics, 2016.

Maybe you know about other good books?

kbakshi314
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illuminato
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Lectures of Prof. Ashok Sen on Thermal Field Theory https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB5CVZSR7aDyWsnElpjiU8ahQ0W8uDdCe might be valuable, which are based on the book of M. Laine and A. Vuorinen, Basics of Thermal Field Theory, vol. 925 of Lecture Notes in Physics, 2016.

Suraj Kumar Rai
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May be Altland & Ben Simons will be interesting for you. This book covers a wide range of topics from condensed matter.

Artem Alexandrov
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Negele & Orland is a good book for the basics. Covers the standard formalism in great detail, with all the derivations step by step. It has very few applications and actual calculations though.

Altland & Simons has a wide range of problems,calculations and covers some more advanced topics, although often glosses over the details.

Prerequisites for both: quantum mechanics and thermodynamics. The formalism of second quantization is introduced in the books.

tbt
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Ashok Das' book Finite Temperature Field Theory is a nice book as an introduction to the topic. Very basic and easy to understand.

QuantumEyedea
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