Progress in Nonequilibrium Green's Functions

by Bonitz, Michael

• ISBN13: 9789810242183
• ISBN10: 9810242182
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC

Summary

Proceedings of the conference 'Kadanoff-Baym Equations: Progress and Perspectives for Many-Body Physics,' Rostock, Germany, September 20-24, 1999. Contains articles written by leading experts which are devoted to fundamental questions of the theory and to modern applications in a variety of fields including condensed matter, plasmas, and nuclear matter.

Table of Contents

I Kadanoff-Baym Equations: History and Perspectives
Introduction	1	(1)
Quantum Kinetic Equations	2	(15)
P.C. Martin
Conservation Laws and the Quantum Theory of Transport: The Early Days	17	(17)
C. Baym
II General Problems of Quantum Kinetic Theory
Introduction	33	(1)
Kadanoff-Baym Equations with Initial Correlations	34	(11)
D. Kremp
D. Semkat
M. Bonitz
Nonlocal Kinetic Theory	45	(11)
K. Morawetz
V. Spicka
P. Lipavsky
The ``Mixed'' Green's Function Approach to Quantum Kinetics with Initial Correlations	56	(7)
V.G. Morozov
G. Ropke
Approximative Constructions of the Double-Time Correlation Function from the Single-Time Distribution Function	63	(19)
P. Lipavsky
V. Spicka
K. Morawetz
Nonequilibrium Green's Functions and the Method of Nonequilibrium Statistical Operator	82	(9)
V.G. Morozov
G. Ropke
Langevin Interpretation of Kadanoff-Baym Equations	91	(9)
C. Greiner
S. Leupold
Space-Time Versus Particle-Hole Symmetry of Non-Local Collisions in a Kinetic Equation for Fermi Systems	100	(12)
V. Spicka
P. Lipavsky
K. Morawetz
III Plasmas
Introduction	111	(1)
From Kadanoff-Baym Equations to Plasma Turbulence	112	(32)
D.F. DuBois
Self-Consistent Approximations: Application to a Quasiparticle Description of the Thermodynamic Properties of Relativistic Plasmas	144	(9)
B. Vanderheyden
G. Baym
Quantum Kinetic Theory for Dense Coulomb Systems in Strong Electromagnetic Fields	153	(9)
M. Bonitz
Th. Bornath
D. Kremp
H. Haberland
M. Schlanges
P. Hilse
Quantum and Spin Statistics Effects on Short Time Scales	162	(8)
H. Haberland
D. Semkat
M. Bonitz
Bloch Dynamics of Atoms in Dense Plasmas	170	(10)
R. Schepe
D. Tamme
K. Henneberger
IV Semiconductors. Optics
Introduction	179	(1)
Correlation Effects and Quantum Kinetics in Pulse Excited Semiconductors	180	(32)
K. Henneberger
U. Moldzio
H. Guldner
Coulomb Quantum Kinetics with Time-Dependent Screening	212	(14)
H. Haug
Quantum Kinetics of Coulomb Scattering with Screening in Quasi-2D Semiconductors	226	(12)
B. Mieck
H. Haug
Exciton Lineshape within Linear Response of a Semiconductor	238	(12)
G. Manzke
K. Henneberger
V Quantum Transport in Coulomb Systems
Introduction	249	(1)
Time-Dependent Transport in Interacting Mesoscopic Systems	250	(24)
A.P. Jauho
Two-Beam Coherent Control: Injection of Hot-Carrier Populations with Nonzero Momenta and Atomic Drag	274	(9)
P. Kiral
J.E. Sipe
Impact Ionization Rate and Intracollisional Field Effect in Semiconductors	283	(9)
J.R. Madureira
R. Redmer
N. Fitzer
The Use of Relativistic Action in Strong-Field Nonlinear Photoionization	292	(9)
J. Ortner
V.M. Rylyuk
Variational Principle for Linearized Kadanoff-Baym Equations	301	(9)
A. Yu. Zakharov
VI Nuclear Matter
Introduction	309	(1)
Soft Modes, Quantum Transport and Kinetic Entropy	310	(21)
Yu.B. Ivanov
J. Knoll
H. van Hees
D.N. Voskresensky
Particle-Hole Dynamics	331	(14)
E.E. Kolomeitsev
D.N. Voskresensky
A Covariant Generalization of the Real-Time Green's Functions Method in the Theory of Kinetic Equations	345	(8)
S.A. Smolyansky
A. V. Prozorkevich
G. Maino
S.G. Mashnik
Relativistic Transport Equations with Generalized Mass Shell Constraints	353	(11)
L. Mornas
K. Morametz
Test Particle Description of Transport Processes for States with a Continuous Mass Spectrum	364	(11)
S. Leupold
The Non-Equilibrium Distribution Function of Particles and Anti-Particles Created in Strong Fields	375	(8)
S.A. Smolyansky
V.A. Mizerny
D. V. Vinnik
A. V. Prozorkevich
V.D. Toneev
Deuteron Formation in Heavy Ion Collisions Within the Faddeev Approach	383	(9)
M. Beyer
C. Kuhrts
G. Ropke
P. D. Danielewicz
Dyson-Schwinger Equation Approach to the QCD Deconfinement Transition and J/ψ Dissociation	392	(12)
D.B. Blaschke
G.R.G. Burau
M.I. Ivanov
Yu.L. Kalinovsky
P.C. Tandy
VII Correlations. Bound States. Bose Condensation
Introduction	403	(1)
Generalized Boltzmann Equation for a Trapped Bose-Condensed Gas Using the Kadanoff-Baym Formalism	404	(14)
M. Imamovic-Tomasovic
A. Griffin
Real-Time Kadanoff-Baym Approach to Plasma Oscillations in Correlated Coulomb Systems	418	(9)
N. H. Kwong
M. Bonitz
The Kinetics of Two-Particle Bound States in Nonideal Systems	427	(9)
Th. Bornath
D. Kremp
M. Schlanges
Equilibrium Properties of Dense Coulomb Systems	436	(9)
D. Tamme
T. Schmielau
R. Schepe
K. Henneberger
Strong Correlations and Dynamic Screening Effects in Dense Plasmas	445	(9)
D.O. Gericke
S. Kosse
M. Schlanges
W.D. Kraeft
M. Bonitz
Quantum Kinetic Approach to Reaction Rates of Dense Plasmas	454	(10)
M. Schlanges
T. Bornath
R. Prenzel
VIII Numerical Concepts
Introduction	463	(1)
Numerical Solutions of the Kadanoff-Baym Equations	464	(21)
H.S. Kohler
N.H. Kwong
R. Binder
D. Semzkat
M. Bonitz
Two-Time Electron-LO-Phonon Quantum Kinetics and the Test of the Generalized Kadanoff Baym Relation	485	(11)
P. Gartner
L. Banyai
H. Haug
Semiclassical and Quantum Production Rates	496	(8)
P. Bozek
Non-Lorentzian Spectral Functions for Coulomb Systems	504	(9)
D. Semkat
M. Bonitz
Thermodynamic Properties of Correlated Strongly Degenerate Plasmas	513	(8)
V.S. Filinov
P.R. Levashov
V.E. Fortov
M. Bonitz
Quantum Dynamics in Phase Space	521	(8)
V.S. Filinov
Tunneling Times of Wave Packets: an Application of the Method of Quantum Trajectories in the Wigner Representation	529	(35)
A. V. Filinov
Yu. E. Lozovik
Conclusion and Outlook	564