Lecture Notes in Physics

Balzer, Karsten; Bonitz, Michael

This research monograph provides a pedagogical and self-contained introduction to non-equilibrium quantum particle dynamics for inhomogeneous systems, up to and 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.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2012-12-14

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783642350818

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35082-5

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 130