Relativistic quantum transport theory for electrodynamics
Journal Article
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· Annals of Physics (New York)
- Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Universitaet Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg (Germany)
We investigate the relationship between the covariant and the three-dimensional (equal-time) formulations of quantum kinetic theory. We show that the three-dimensional approach can be obtained as the energy average of the covariant formulation. We illustrate this statement in scalar and spinor QED. We especially emphasize the importance of constraint equations in the three-dimensional formulation and explicitly derive via the energy averaging method a complete set of kinetic equations, which contains the BGR equations by Bialynick-Birula {ital et} {ital al}. as a subset. Copyright {copyright} 1996 Academic Press, Inc.
- OSTI ID:
- 282864
- Journal Information:
- Annals of Physics (New York), Journal Name: Annals of Physics (New York) Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 245; ISSN 0003-4916; ISSN APNYA6
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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