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The Journal of Chemical Physics

On the quantum nonequilibrium theory with density matrices

Rıza OĞUL, Nuretdin Eren

Published Nov 1, 1996• 1 citation
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Abstract

Using density matrices we describe the time evolution of nonequilibrium states with a set of hierarchical of quantum kinetic equations. An analogous formalism to this equation is developed via the path integral method in a holomorphic representation of density matrices and related to the Green’s function formalism.
DOI
10.1063/1.472549

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