On the quantum Boltzmann equation

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 367-380

  Erds, László ^a   Salmhofer, Manfred ^b   Yau, Horng Tzer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

many fermion systems; quantum Boltzmann equation; quasifree states; Schr dinger equation; Wigner transform

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344645468     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOSS.0000037224.56191.ed     Document Type: Article

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