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Non-equilibrium Dyson Equations

Giancarlo Calvanese Strinati

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Abstract

This chapter considers some of the items discussed in the previous chapters and cast them in a more formal way so as to adapt them for future developments. In this way, the integro-differential form of the Dyson equation for the contour single-particle Green’s function (as well as its integral counterpart) is obtained, which play an important role in the following chapters for capturing the dynamical evolution of the physical system.

DOI: 10.1017/9781009411509.012

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