Electron systems out of equilibrium: Nonequilibrium Green's function approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (23) ◽  
pp. 1430013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Václav Špička ◽  
Bedřich Velický ◽  
Anděla Kalvová
Keyword(s):  
Green’S Function ◽  
Master Equation ◽  
Green's Function ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Kinetic Equations ◽  
Many Body ◽  
Initial State ◽  
Nonequilibrium Green's Function ◽  
Nonequilibrium Green’S Function ◽  
Many Body Systems

This review deals with the state of the art and perspectives of description of nonequilibrium many-body systems using the nonequilibrium Green's function (NGF) method. The basic aim is to describe time evolution of the many-body system from its initial state over its transient dynamics to its long time asymptotic evolution. First, we discuss basic aims of transport theories to motivate the introduction of the NGF techniques. Second, this article summarizes the present view on construction of the electron transport equations formulated within the NGF approach to nonequilibrium. We discuss incorporation of complex initial conditions to the NGF formalism, and the NGF reconstruction theorem, which serves as a tool to derive simplified kinetic equations. Three stages of evolution of the nonequilibrium, the first described by the full NGF description, the second by a non-Markovian generalized master equation and the third by a Markovian master equation will be related to each other.

AN INTRODUCTORY GUIDE TO GREEN’S FUNCTION METHODS IN NUCLEAR MANY-BODY PROBLEMS

1994 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 523-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.T.S. KUO ◽  
YIHARN TZENG
Keyword(s):  
Green’S Function ◽  
Green's Function ◽  
Green's Functions ◽  
Green’S Functions ◽  
Model Space ◽  
Many Body ◽  
Diagram Expansion ◽  
Nucleus Scattering ◽  
Many Body Systems ◽  
General Method

We present an elementary and fairly detailed review of several Green’s function methods for treating nuclear and other many-body systems. We first treat the single-particle Green’s function, by way of which some details concerning linked diagram expansion, rules for evaluating Green’s function diagrams and solution of the Dyson’s integral equation for Green’s function are exhibited. The particle-particle hole-hole (pphh) Green’s function is then considered, and a specific time-blocking technique is discussed. This technique enables us to have a one-frequency Dyson’s equation for the pphh and similarly for other Green’s functions, thus considerably facilitating their calculation. A third type of Green’s function considered is the particle-hole Green’s function. RPA and high order RPA are treated, along with examples for setting up particle-hole RPA equations. A general method for deriving a model-space Dyson’s equation for Green’s functions is discussed. We also discuss a method for determining the normalization of Green’s function transition amplitudes based on its vertex function. Some applications of Green’s function methods to nuclear structure and recent deep inelastic lepton-nucleus scattering are addressed.

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