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Thermal Field Theory (TFT) is a combination of all three basic branches of modern physics, namely quantum mechanics, the theory of relativity, and statistical physics. Therefore one could also call it statistical quantum field theory.
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Dutt-Mazumder, A.K. (2016). An Introduction to Thermal Field Theory. In: Rangarajan, R., Sivakumar, M. (eds) Surveys in Theoretical High Energy Physics - 2. Texts and Readings in Physical Sciences, vol 15. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2591-4_2
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