Time reversal invariance of quantum kinetic equations: nonequilibrium Green functions formalism

DOI10.1063/1.4989684zbMATH Open1375.82067arXiv1612.08033OpenAlexW2561849957MaRDI QIDQ5282833FDOQ5282833

Authors: Miriam Scharnke, Niclas Schlünzen, M. Bonitz 

Publication date: 17 July 2017

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Time reversal symmetry is a fundamental property of many quantum mechanical systems. The relation between statistical physics and time reversal is subtle and not all statistical theories conserve this particular symmetry, most notably hydrodynamic equations and kinetic equations such as the Boltzmann equation. In this article it is shown analytically that quantum kinetic generalizations of the Boltzmann equation that are derived using the nonequilibrium Green functions formalism as well as all approximations that stem from $Phi$-derivable selfenergies are time reversal invariant.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.08033

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zbMATH Keywords

Green functionstime reversal symmetry\(\Phi\)-derivable approximationsKeldysh-Kadanoff-Baym equationssecond quantizations Hartree-Fock self-energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Boltzmann equations (35Q20) Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Height functions; Green functions; invariant measures in arithmetic and non-Archimedean dynamical systems (37P30)

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