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International Journal of Modern Physics B

DENSITY MATRIX FORMALISM, DOUBLE-SPACE AND THERMO FIELD DYNAMICS IN NON-EQUILIBRIUM DISSIPATIVE SYSTEMS

Masuo Suzuki

Published Jul 10, 1991• 44 citations
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Abstract

General relationship among the density matrix formalism, the double-space formulation and thermo field dynamics is discussed in non-equilibrium dissipative quantum systems. The concept of weakly equivalent operators in the double space formulation is introduced to review many well-known results and it is shown to be useful in mapping between the density matrix formalism and the double space formulation. A new non-equilibrium thermo field dynamics is formulated to discuss dissipative quantum systems. A simple example of damped harmonic oscillators is discussed in the present representation.

DOI
10.1142/s0217979291000705

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We provide a description of interacting quantum fields in terms of density matrices for any occupation numbers in Fock space in a momentum basis. As a simple example, we focus on a real scalar field interacting with another real scalar field, and present a practicable formalism for directly computing the density matrix elements of the combined scalar–scalar system. For deriving the main formula, we use techniques from non-equilibrium quantum field theory like thermo-field dynamics and the Schwinger–Keldysh formalism. Our results allow for studies of particle creation/annihilation processes at finite times and other non-equilibrium processes, including those found in the theory of open quantum systems.
Out of thermal equilibrium state, the vacuum is unstable and evolves in time.Consequently, the annihilation operators associated with the unstable vacuum depend on time.This dissipative time-evolution of quantum systems can be systematically treated, within the canonical operator formalism referred to as non-equilibrium thermo-field dynamics.Given is an alternative route to derive the time-dependent annihilation operators within the formalism.As an example, time-dependent annihilation operators for the systems of bosonic and fermionic semi-free fields are derived.
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