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Semiclassical Approximation meets Keldysh-Schwinger diagrammatic technique: Scalar $\varphi^4$

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-09-01 v3 Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We study the evolution of the non-equilibrium quantum fields from a highly excited initial state in two approaches: the standard Keldysh-Schwinger diagram technique and the semiclassical expansion. We demonstrate explicitly that these two approaches coincide if the coupling constant gg and the Plank constant \hbar are small simultaneously. Also, we discuss loop diagrams of the perturbative approach, which are summed up by the leading order term of the semiclassical expansion. As an example, we consider shear viscosity for the scalar field theory at the leading semiclassical order. We introduce the new technique that unifies both semiclassical and diagrammatic approaches and open the possibility to perform the resummation of the semiclassical contributions.

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@article{arxiv.2003.06395,
  title  = {Semiclassical Approximation meets Keldysh-Schwinger diagrammatic technique: Scalar $\varphi^4$},
  author = {A. A. Radovskaya and A. G. Semenov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.06395},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

10 pages, many diagrams