The structure of green functions in quantum field theory with a general state

Quantum Field Theory: Competitive Models

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 163-175

  Brouder, Christian ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

initial correlations; Nonequilibrium quantum field theory; structure of Green functions

Indexed keywords

CUMULANTS; EXPECTATION VALUES; FEYNMAN DIAGRAMS; INITIAL CORRELATIONS; INTERACTION TERM; NONPERTURBATIVE; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 71449096378     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-8736-5_10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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