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Nonequilibrium Green's Functions Approach to Inhomogeneous Systems

  • First monographical account of this topic
  • Both self-contained and state-of-the art
  • Authored by leading researchers in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Quantum Many-Particle Systems out of Equilibrium

      • Karsten Balzer, Michael Bonitz
      Pages 3-11
  3. Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
    2. Nonequilibrium Green’s Functions

      • Karsten Balzer, Michael Bonitz
      Pages 15-38
  4. Computational Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
    2. Representations of the Nonequilibrium Green’s Function

      • Karsten Balzer, Michael Bonitz
      Pages 41-54
    3. Computation of Equilibrium States and Time-Propagation

      • Karsten Balzer, Michael Bonitz
      Pages 55-71
  5. Applications for Inhomogeneous Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
    2. Lattice Systems

      • Karsten Balzer, Michael Bonitz
      Pages 75-82
    3. Non-Lattice Systems

      • Karsten Balzer, Michael Bonitz
      Pages 83-104
    4. Conclusion and Outlook

      • Karsten Balzer, Michael Bonitz
      Pages 105-107
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 109-130

About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Max Planck Research Department for, Structural Dynamics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Karsten Balzer

  • Inst. Theoretische Physik und, Astrophysik, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Michael Bonitz

About the authors

The lead author has already published an edited volume with Springer: Introduction to Complex Plasmas; Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, Vol. 59
Bonitz, Michael; Horing, Norman; Ludwig, Patrick (Eds.)
1st Edition., 2010, XVII, 447 p. 225 illus.
Hardcover, ISBN 978-3-642-10591-3
It is however not a related title topicwise (thus not included in the list below)

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eBook USD 34.99
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Softcover Book USD 44.99
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