For the calculation of static quantities, such as free energies, phase diagrams and screening masses, the euclidean lattice formulation of finitetemperature quantum fields offers a first-principle approach. For intrinsically real-time correlators, such as the spectral function, no first-principle nonperturbative formulation exists. In the last O(10) years the classical approximation at high tem...

We show that the high-temperature behaviour of the recently proposed confining strings reproduces exactly the correct large-N QCD result, for a large class of trun-cations of the long-range interaction between surface elements.

Recent developments of perturbation theory at finite temperature based on effective field theory methods are reviewed. These methods allow the contributions from the different scales to be separated and the perturbative series to be reorganized. The construction of the effective field theory is shown in detail for φ4 theory and QCD. It is applied to the evaluation of the free energy of QCD at o...

This paper presents investigations on turning Ti–6Al–4V alloy withmulti-layer coated inserts. Turning of Ti–6Al–4V using uncoated, TiAlN coated, and TiAlN + cBN coated single and multi-layer coated tungsten carbide inserts is conducted, forces and tool wear aremeasured. 3D finite elementmodelling is utilized to predict chip formation, forces, temperatures and tool wear on these inserts. Modifie...

In this study carburizing and boronizing processes were applied to powder metallurgy steel specimens and the mechanical and tribological properties of the substrate and coatings were evaluated under various process conditions. The specimens, made from industrial test pieces, were carburized in a powder pack for a duration of 2-5 hrs at 850-950 ˚C. Similar specimens were pack boronized for 4 hr...

While it is possible to find examples of field theories with a spontaneously broken symmetry at high temperature, in renormalizable supersymmetric models any internal symmetry gets always restored. Recently, a counterexample was suggested in the context of nonrenormalizable supersymmetric theories. We show that non negligible higher loop effects actually restore the symmetry, without compromisi...

QCD now occupies an established position as the well-attested theory of strong-interaction physics. Other contributions to these proceedings (those of S. Frixione, L. Lellouch, and K. Long) survey the agreement between evidence from particle collider experiments and perturbative and lattice QCD calculations. However, there is more to QCD than collisions between pairs of particles. QCD should al...

Many compactifications of higher–dimensional supersymmetric theories have approximate vacuum degeneracy. The associated moduli fields are stabilized by non–perturbative effects which break supersymmetry. We show that at finite temperature the effective potential of the dilaton acquires a negative linear term. This destabilizes all moduli fields at sufficiently high temperature. We compute the c...

We present a new method to study the properties of heavy quarks at finite temperature. It combines non-relativistic QCD with an improved gluonic action on anisotropic lattices. The efficiency of the approach is demonstrated by the first non-perturbative calculation of the temperature dependence of low-lying quarkonium ”pole” masses. For ground state meson masses in the region between charmonium...

Intermetallic compounds are increasingly being expected to be utilized in tribological environments, but to date their implementation is hindered by insufficient ductility at low and medium temperatures. This paper presents a novel multiphase intermetallic alloy with the chemical composition of Mo-40Ni-13Si (at %). Microstructure characterization reveals that a certain amount of ductile Mo phas...