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Processes of Creation and Propagation of Correlations in Large Quantum Particle System
V. I. Gerasimenko
Abstract
We review new approaches to the description of the evolution of states of large quantum particle systems by means of the marginal correlation operators.Using the definition of marginal correlation operators within the framework of dynamics of correlations governed by the von Neumann hierarchy, we establish that a sequence of such operators is governed by the nonlinear quantum BBGKY hierarchy.The constructed nonperturbative solution of the Cauchy problem to this hierarchy of nonlinear evolution equations describes the processes of the creation and the propagation of correlations in large quantum particle systems.Furthermore, we consider the problem of the rigorous description of collective behavior of quantum manyparticle systems by means of a one-particle (marginal) correlation operator that is a solution of the generalized quantum kinetic equation with initial correlations, in particular, correlations characterizing the condensed states of systems.