1994/09/30 by Tamás S. Bíró, T. S. Biro, C. Gong +2
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Abelian group #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Condensed matter physics #Exponent #Gauge (firearms) #Gauge theory #Lyapunov exponent #Materials science #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Nonlinear system #Order (exchange) #Physics #Plasmon #Pure mathematics #Quantum chaos and dynamical systems #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.52.1260
published as Phys.Rev.D52:1260-1266,1995 · 18 pages, one figure included as PostScript file, REVTeX, revised version, DUKE-TH-94-73
arxiv created 1995/01/27 · openalex publication_date 1995/07/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We argue that the maximal positive Lyapunov exponent of classical SU(N) gauge theory coincides with (twice) the damping rate of a plasmon in the thermal gauge theory.