The Gaussian entropy of fermionic systems (Q1933584)
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The Gaussian entropy of fermionic systems (English)
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24 January 2013
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The paper presents a study of entropy and decoherence in relativistic fermionic field theories. The entropy is defined by the Von Neumann formula in terms of a density operator, and the main contrivance is to introduce a Gaussian ansatz for the density opeator of a collection of fermions. One considers successively an entropy generation in fermionic quantum mechanics, and then an entropy generation in a fermionic quantum field theory. Coherence and decoherence are studied closely related with this Gaussian approximation.
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entropy
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decoherence
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non-equilibrium quantum field theory
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