Density operators and other tools of quantum statistics

Ebeling W, Pöschel T (2019)

Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2019

Journal

Lecture Notes in Physics Springer Verlag

Publisher: Springer Verlag

Edited Volumes: Lectures on Quantum Statistics

Series: Lecture Notes in Physics

Book Volume: 953

Pages Range: 91-140

ISBN: 978-3-030-05734-3

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-05734-3_4

Abstract

In this chapter, we will introduce useful tools of Quantum Statistics. Most of them will be used in later chapters of this book to solve concrete problems. Our survey covers, of course, the most prominent methods such as density operators introduced by von Neumann and Landau, Wigner’s phase-space functions method, and Bogolyubov’s method of reduced density operators. Matsubara’s thermodynamical Green’s functions and real-time Green’s functions are important methods in the field of quantum plasmas but are discussed here only rather briefly.

Authors with CRIS profile

Thorsten Pöschel Lehrstuhl für Multiscale Simulation of Particulate Systems

Involved external institutions

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Ebeling, W., & Pöschel, T. (2019). Density operators and other tools of quantum statistics. In Lectures on Quantum Statistics. (pp. 91-140). Springer Verlag.

MLA:

Ebeling, Werner, and Thorsten Pöschel. "Density operators and other tools of quantum statistics." Lectures on Quantum Statistics. Springer Verlag, 2019. 91-140.

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