Nonequilibrium Green's Functions Approach to Inhomogeneous Systems [electronic resource] /
by Karsten Balzer, Michael Bonitz.
- XII, 130 p. 31 illus. online resource.
- Lecture Notes in Physics, 867 0075-8450 ; .
- Lecture Notes in Physics, 867 .
Part I Introduction -- Quantum Many-Particle Systems out of Equilibrium -- Part II Theory -- Nonequilibrium Green`s Functions -- Part III Computational Methods -- Representations of the Nonequilibrium Green`s Function -- Computation of Equilibrium States and Time-Propatation -- Part IV Applications for Inhomogeneous Systems -- Lattice Systems -- Non-Lattics Systems -- Conclusion and Outlook -- Second Quantization -- Perturbation Expansion -- Index.
This research monograph provides a pedagogical and self-contained introduction to non-equilibrium quantum particle dynamics for inhomogeneous systems, including a survey of recent breakthroughs pioneered by the authors and other groups. The theoretical approach is based on real-time Green’s functions (Keldysh Green’s functions), directly solving the two-time Kadanoff-Baym equations (KBE). This field has seen a rapid development over the last decade, with new applications emerging in plasma physics, semiconductor optics and transport, nuclear matter and high-energy physics. This text will be a valuable starting point and reference work for graduate students and researchers interested in the quantum dynamics of inhomogeneous systems.
9783642350825
10.1007/978-3-642-35082-5 doi
Physics. Quantum theory. Mathematical physics. Physics. Mathematical Methods in Physics. Quantum Physics. Numerical and Computational Physics. Mathematical Physics. Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.