Perturbative non-equilibrium thermal field theory to all orders in gradient expansion

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2013.05.044zbMATH Open1331.81230arXiv1304.7249OpenAlexW2095466969MaRDI QIDQ5963741FDOQ5963741

Peter Millington, Apostolos Pilaftsis

Publication date: 23 February 2016

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a new perturbative formulation of non-equilibrium thermal field theory, based upon non-homogeneous free propagators and time-dependent vertices. The resulting time-dependent diagrammatic perturbation series are free of pinch singularities without the need for quasi-particle approximation or effective resummation of finite widths. After arriving at a physically meaningful definition of particle number densities, we derive master time evolution equations for statistical distribution functions, which are valid to all orders in perturbation theory and to all orders in a gradient expansion. For a scalar model, we perform a perturbative loopwise truncation of these evolution equations, whilst still capturing fast transient behaviour, which is found to be dominated by energy-violating processes, leading to the non-Markovian evolution of memory effects.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.7249

zbMATH Keywords

non-equilibrium thermal field theorynon-homogeneous backgrounds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Commutation relations and statistics as related to quantum mechanics (general) (81S05) Thermal quantum field theory (81T28) Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10)

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