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arXiv:1512.04687 · Condensed Matter Physics

Spectral properties of four-time fermionic Green's functions

Andrij M. Shvaika

Published Sep 1, 2016• 13 citations
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Abstract

The spectral relations for the four-time fermionic Green's functions are derived in the most general case.The terms which correspond to the zero-frequency anomalies, known before only for the bosonic Green's functions, are separated and their connection with the second cumulants of the Boltzmann distribution function is elucidated.The high-frequency expansions of the four-time fermionic Green's functions are provided for different directions in the frequency space.

DOI
10.5488/cmp.19.33004

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