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Title: Transcendental equations in the Schwinger-Keldysh nonequilibrium theory and nonvanishing correlations

Journal Article · · Journal of Mathematical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4930558· OSTI ID:22479606
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  1. School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal and National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NITheP), KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban 4000, South Africa and Gruppo Nazionale per la Fisica Matematica (GNFM-INdAM), c/o Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica Francesco Severi, Città Universitaria, Piazza Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma (Italy)

The Schwinger-Keldysh nonequilibrium theory allows the description of various transport phenomena involving bosons (fermions) embedded in bosonic (fermionic) environments. The retarded Green’s function obeys the Dyson equation and determines via its non-vanishing asymptotic behavior the dissipationless open dynamics. The appearance of this regime is conditioned by the existence of the solution of a general class of transcendental equations in complex domain that we study. Particular cases consist in transcendental equations containing exponential, hyperbolic, power law, logarithmic, and special functions. The present analysis provides an analytical description of the thermal and temporal correlation function of two general observables of a quantum system in terms of the corresponding spectral function. Special integral properties of the spectral function guarantee non-vanishing asymptotic behavior of the correlation function.

OSTI ID:
22479606
Journal Information:
Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 56, Issue 9; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-2488
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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