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As an example of symmetry breaking at non-zero temperature we discuss the free Fermi and Bose gas, starting from finite volume and then discussing the thermodynamical limit.
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Here we give a short and simplified account; for a mathematically more complete treatment, see O. Bratteli and D.W. Robinson, loc. cit., Vol. II, Sects. 5.2.4, 5.2.5.
For the explicit inversion see A. Leonard, Phys. Rev. 175, 221 (1968).
See J. Cannon, Comm. Math. Phys. 29, 89 (1973) and O. Bratteli and D.W. Robinson, loc. cit., Vol. II, pp. 72-73.
N.N. Bogoliubov, Lectures on Quantum Statistics, Vol. 2, Part 1, Gordon and Breach 1970.
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Strocchi, F. (2008). Fermi and Bose Gas at Non-zero Temperature. In: Symmetry Breaking. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 732. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73593-9_23
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