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Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Non-equilibrium Green functions: generalized Wick's theorem and diagrammatic perturbation with initial correlations

A.G. Hall

Published Feb 1, 1975• 72 citations
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Abstract

Wick's theorem is combined with a cluster composition to derive a generalized statistical Wick's theorem for a non-equilibrium system with initial correlations. This enables a diagrammatic time-dependent perturbation theory which is a simple extension of the usual one to be developed for time-path causal statistical Green functions and their matrix equivalents. This provides a complete non-equilibrium theory. Reduction of diagrams and equations of motion for the Green functions are also discussed.

DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/8/2/012

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We present a compact and simplified proof of a generalized Wick theorem to calculate the Green's function of bosonic and fermionic systems in an arbitrary initial state. It is shown that the decomposition of the noninteracting nnn-particle Green's function is equivalent to solving a boundary problem for the Martin-Schwinger hierarchy; for noncorrelated initial states, a one-line proof of the standard Wick theorem is given. Our result leads to new self-energy diagrams, and an elegant relation with those of the imaginary-time formalism is derived. The theorem is easy to use and can be combined with any ground-state numerical technique to calculate time-dependent properties.
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Perturbation theory for the spin-frac12frac12frac12 Heisenberg ferromagnet I. Wick's theorem and diagrammatic representation
Pauli operators are treated as Bose operators fulfilling q -number commutation relations. An analogue of Wick's theorem for Pauli operators is formulated suitable for perturbation theory. The lowest-order contributions to the perturbation series for the temperature dependent one-particle causal Green function are calculated, and a diagrammatic representation is introduced for them. It is not necessary to have a different meaning of the same graph depending on the order of temperatures contained in it. The connected graphs representing the perturbation series up to second order are drawn explicitly.