Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Foundations of quantum statistical mechanics
- 2 Elementary examples
- 3 Quantum statistical master equation
- 4 Quantum kinetic equations
- 5 Quantum irreversibility
- 6 Entropy and dissipation: the microscopic theory
- 7 Global equilibrium: thermostatics and the microcanonical ensemble
- 8 Bose–Einstein ideal gas condensation
- 9 Scaling, renormalization and the Ising model
- 10 Relativistic covariant statistical mechanics of many particles
- 11 Quantum optics and damping
- 12 Entanglements
- 13 Quantum measurement and irreversibility
- 14 Quantum Langevin equation and quantum Brownian motion
- 15 Linear response: fluctuation and dissipation theorems
- 16 Time-dependent quantum Green's functions
- 17 Decay scattering
- 18 Quantum statistical mechanics, extended
- 19 Quantum transport with tunneling and reservoir ballistic transport
- 20 Black hole thermodynamics
- A Problems
- Index
- References
10 - Relativistic covariant statistical mechanics of many particles
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2015
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Foundations of quantum statistical mechanics
- 2 Elementary examples
- 3 Quantum statistical master equation
- 4 Quantum kinetic equations
- 5 Quantum irreversibility
- 6 Entropy and dissipation: the microscopic theory
- 7 Global equilibrium: thermostatics and the microcanonical ensemble
- 8 Bose–Einstein ideal gas condensation
- 9 Scaling, renormalization and the Ising model
- 10 Relativistic covariant statistical mechanics of many particles
- 11 Quantum optics and damping
- 12 Entanglements
- 13 Quantum measurement and irreversibility
- 14 Quantum Langevin equation and quantum Brownian motion
- 15 Linear response: fluctuation and dissipation theorems
- 16 Time-dependent quantum Green's functions
- 17 Decay scattering
- 18 Quantum statistical mechanics, extended
- 19 Quantum transport with tunneling and reservoir ballistic transport
- 20 Black hole thermodynamics
- A Problems
- Index
- References
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- Quantum Statistical Mechanics , pp. 178 - 198Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009