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I know that fermions and bosons can thermodynamics can be calculated via the Fermi-dirac or Bose_Einstein distributions, However I've been having difficulty finding the EoS (Equation of state) and thermodynamic distribution metrics for the quark-Gluon plasma. So far I have the following considerations
For a gluon, there are 2 helicity states and 8 choices of color so we have a total degeneracy of
gb= 16. For each quark flavor, there are 3 colors, 2 spin states, and 2 charge
states (corresponding to quarks and antiquarks) +3 active flavors.
However I'm not sure what metrics to use as neither the fermi-dirac or Bose_Einstein distributions seem to apply. Preference on the metrics to describe as an ideal gas, as well as the appropriate Cosmology EoS forms if possible.
My background knowledge of particle physics is mainly Introduction to particle physics by Griffith, However I have the Fermion and Boson thermodynamic forms from Scott Dodelson's Modern Cosmology and particle physics of the early universe By Uwe-Jens Wiese
http://www.wiese.itp.unibe.ch/lectures/universe.pdf
For a gluon, there are 2 helicity states and 8 choices of color so we have a total degeneracy of
gb= 16. For each quark flavor, there are 3 colors, 2 spin states, and 2 charge
states (corresponding to quarks and antiquarks) +3 active flavors.
However I'm not sure what metrics to use as neither the fermi-dirac or Bose_Einstein distributions seem to apply. Preference on the metrics to describe as an ideal gas, as well as the appropriate Cosmology EoS forms if possible.
My background knowledge of particle physics is mainly Introduction to particle physics by Griffith, However I have the Fermion and Boson thermodynamic forms from Scott Dodelson's Modern Cosmology and particle physics of the early universe By Uwe-Jens Wiese
http://www.wiese.itp.unibe.ch/lectures/universe.pdf
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