Reworking the Zubarev's approach to non-equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics
Statistical Mechanics
2019-02-05 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
In this work the non-equilibrium density operator approach introduced by Zubarev more than 50 years ago to describe quantum systems at local thermodynamic equilibrium is revisited. This method - which was used to obtain the first ''Kubo" formula of shear viscosity, is especially suitable to describe quantum effects in fluids. This feature makes it a viable tool to describe the physics of the Quark Gluon Plasma in relativistic nuclear collisions.
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@article{arxiv.1902.01089,
title = {Reworking the Zubarev's approach to non-equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics},
author = {F. Becattini and M. Buzzegoli and E. Grossi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.01089},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
9 pages, 1 figure. Submitted to special issue of Particles: "Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Strongly Correlated System"