Pseudo-gauge invariant non-equilibrium density operator
Nuclear Theory
2025-07-15 v1 Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We obtain a form of the local thermodynamic equilibrium density operator which is invariant under pseudo-gauge transformations of the stress-energy and the spin tensors. This operator is an excellent candidate to describe the dynamics of a system which is assumed to achieve local equilibrium from a pseudo-gauge invariant quantum state, a situation which is believed to occur, for instance, in nuclear collisions at very high energy. As a consequence of pseudo-gauge invariance, the ambiguity affecting the predictions of mean values of observables from a local equilibrium state can be removed.
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@article{arxiv.2507.09249,
title = {Pseudo-gauge invariant non-equilibrium density operator},
author = {F. Becattini and C. Hoyos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.09249},
year = {2025}
}
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4 pages, 1 figure