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Difference Boltzmann Equation is derived in a plane wavelets representation with account of two-particle correlations. It is shown that the set of plane wavelet orthonormal functions is complete. The set of ket vectors is used as the second…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-02-03 Alexandr A. Klyukanov

A framework for relativistic thermodynamics and statistical physics is built by first exploiting the symmetries between energy and momentum in the derivation of the Boltzmann distribution, then using Einstein's energy-momentum relationship…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-07-09 Alexander Taskov

We derive the Boltzmann equation for scalar fields using the Schwinger-Keldysh formalism. The focus lies on the derivation of the collision term. We show that the relevant self-energy diagrams have a factorization property. The collision…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 Steffen Weinstock

Extracting macroscopic properties of a system from microscopic interactions has always been an interesting topic with the most diverse applications. Here, we use the quantum Boltzmann equation to investigate the density matrix evolution of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-06-15 Hassan Manshouri , Ahmad Hoseinpour , Moslem Zarei

In this article the linear Boltzmann equation is derived for a particle interacting with a Gaussian random field, in the weak coupling limit, with renewal in time of the random field. The initial data can be chosen arbitrarily. The proof is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-06-26 Sébastien Breteaux

A systematic derivation of Boltzmann equation is presented in the framework of closed-time-path formalism. Introducing a new type of probe, the expectation value of number operator is calculated as a functional of source. Then solving for…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jun Koide

One of the possible applications of macroscopic Einstein equations has been considered. So, the nonsingular isotropic and uniform cosmological model is built. The cosmological consequences of this model are agree with conclusions of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 A. V. Zakharov

We prove that for a combined system of classical and quantum particles, it is possible to write a dynamics for the classical particles that incorporates in a natural way the Boltzmann equilibrium population for the quantum subsystem. In…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-09-01 J. L. Alonso , A. Castro , P. Echenique , V. Polo , A. Rubio , D. Zueco

In this paper, we analyze in a mathematically rigorous fashion the validity of the Boltzmann transport equation within quantum field theory. We work within the specific model of a hermitian, scalar field with polynomial self-interaction in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-03-09 Stefan Hollands , Gregor Leiler

We present a new way of deriving classical mechanics from quantum mechanics. A key feature of the method is its compatibility with the standard approach used to derive transition rates between quantum states due to interactions. We apply…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-27 A. P. Meilakhs

We derive quantum Boltzmann equations from Schwinger-Dyson equations in gradient expansion for a weakly coupled scalar field theory with a spatially varying mass. We find that at higher order in gradients a full description of the system…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Michael Joyce , Kimmo Kainulainen , Tomislav Prokopec

The equivalence between thermal field theory and the Boltzmann transport equation is investigated at higher orders in the context of quantum electrodynamics. We compare the contributions obtained from the collisionless transport equation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-04 F. T. Brandt , R. B. Ferreira , J. F. Thuorst

We derive quantum Boltzmann equations for preheating by means of the density matrix formalism, which account for both the non-adiabatic particle production and the leading collisional processes between the produced particles. In so doing,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-10-01 William T. Emond , Peter Millington , Paul M. Saffin

The notion of distance between a global Maxwellian function and an arbitrary solution $f$ (with the same total density $\rho$ at the fixed moment $t$) of Boltzmann equation is introduced. In this way we essentially generalize the important…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Lev Sakhnovich

The relativistic quantum Boltzmann equation (or the relativistic Uehling-Uhlenbeck equation) describes the dynamics of single-species fast-moving quantum particles. With the recent development of the relativistic quantum mechanics, the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-04-21 Gi-Chan Bae , Jin Woo Jang , Seok-Bae Yun

The Boltzmann equation has been a driving force behind significant mathematical research over the years. Its challenging theoretical complexity, combined with a wide variety of current scientific and technological problems that require…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-03-11 Liliane Basso Barichello

We consider the non-relativistic quantum Boltzmann equation for fermions and bosons. Using the nonlinear energy method and mild formulation, we justify the global well-posedness when the density function is near the global Maxwellian and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-02-09 Zhimeng Ouyang , Lei Wu

The phenomenological textbook equations for the charge and heat transport are extensively used in a number of fields ranging from semiconductor devices to thermoelectricity. We provide a rigorous derivation of transport equations by solving…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-06-28 M. Battiato , V. Zlatic , K. Held

The Boltzmann equation is a powerful theoretical tool for modeling the collective dynamics of quantum many-body systems subject to external perturbations. Analysis of the equation gives access to linear response properties including…

In this work two systems are analyzed within the framework of the relativistic Boltzmann equation. One of them refers to a description of binary mixtures of electrons and protons and of electrons and photons subjected to external…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-04-29 Gilberto M. Kremer