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We consider a quantum particle coupled (with strength $\la$) to a spatial array of independent non-interacting reservoirs in thermal states (heat baths). Under the assumption that the reservoir correlations decay exponentially in time, we…

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In this paper, convergence results on the solutions of a time and space discrete model approximation of the Boltzmann equation for a gas of Maxwellian particles in a bounded domain, obtained by Babovsky and Illner [1989], are extended to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-10-30 C. P. Grünfeld , D. Marinescu

Stefan-Boltzmann law was empirically deduced by Stefan in 1874 by fitting existing experiments and theoretically validated by Boltzmann in 1884 on the basis of a classical model involving thermodynamics principles and the Maxwell equations.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-23 Lino Reggiani , Eleonora Alfinito

Starting from a Caldeira-Leggett model for the interaction of a system with an environment, Joichi, Matsumoto, and Yoshimura have reconsidered the derivation of the quantum Boltzmann equation. They find an extra term that accounts for the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Anupam Singh , Mark Srednicki

We reformulate and extend our recently introduced quantum kinetic theory for interacting fermion and scalar fields. Our formalism is based on the coherent quasiparticle approximation (cQPA) where nonlocal coherence information is encoded in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-01-26 Matti Herranen , Kimmo Kainulainen , Pyry Matti Rahkila

We consider an approximation of the linearised equation of the homogeneous Boltzmann equation that describes the distribution of quasiparticles in a dilute gas of bosons at low temperature. The corresponding collision frequency is neither…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-12-03 Miguel Escobedo , Minh-Binh Tran

We revisit techniques for performing cosmological simulations with both baryons and cold dark matter when each fluid has different initial conditions, as is the case at the end of the radiation era. Most simulations do not reproduce the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-17 Simeon Bird , Yu Feng , Christian Pedersen , Andreu Font-Ribera

We discuss the flow equations in the context of general braneworld cosmologies with a modified Friedmann equation, for either an ordinary scalar field or a Dirac-Born-Infeld tachyon as inflaton candidates. The 4D, Randall-Sundrum, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Gianluca Calcagni , Andrew R. Liddle , Erandy Ramirez

We present an interesting connection between Einstein-Friedmann equations for the models of universe filled with scalar field and the special form of Abel equation of the first kind. This connection works in both ways: first, we show how,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-13 A. V. Yurov , V. A. Yurov

We present a novel method to solve the spatially homogeneous and isotropic relativistic Boltzmann equation. We employ a basis set of orthogonal polynomials dynamically adapted to allow for emergence of chemical non-equilibrium. Two time…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-19 Jeremiah Birrell , Jon Wilkening , Johann Rafelski

The time evolution governed by the Boltzmann kinetic equation is compatible with mechanics and thermodynamics. The former compatibility is mathematically expressed in the Hamiltonian and Godunov structures, the latter in the structure of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-04-05 Miroslav Grmela , Liu Hong , David Jou , Georgy Lebon , Michal Pavelka

We propose a novel approach in the study of transport phenomena in dense systems or systems with long range interactions where multiple particle interactions must be taken into consideration. Within Boltzmann's kinetic formalism, we study…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Travis J. Sherman , Johann Rafelski

We study the temporal evolution of quantum mechanical fermionic particles exhibiting one bound state within a one-dimensional attractive square-well potential in a heat bath of bosonic particles. For this open quantum system we formulate…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-03-25 Tim Neidig , Jan Rais , Marcus Bleicher , Hendrik van Hees , Carsten Greiner

Several types of stochastic equations are important in thermodynamics, chemistry, evolutionary biology, population dynamics and quantitative social science. For systems with pair interactions four different types of equations are derived,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Dirk Helbing

We present cosmological perturbations of kinetic components based on relativistic Boltzmann equations in the context of generalized gravity theories. Our general theory considers an arbitrary number of scalar fields generally coupled with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-19 J. Hwang , H. Noh

Time reversal symmetry is a fundamental property of many quantum mechanical systems. The relation between statistical physics and time reversal is subtle and not all statistical theories conserve this particular symmetry, most notably…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-08-02 Miriam Scharnke , Niclas Schlünzen , Michael Bonitz

Simulations are performed of a small quantum system interacting with a quantum environment. The system consists of various initial states of two harmonic oscillators coupled to give normal modes. The environment is "designed" by its level…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-15 George L. Barnes , Michael E. Kellman

Correlated quantum many-particle systems out of equilibrium are of high interest in many fields, including correlated solids, ultracold atoms or dense plasmas. Accurate theoretical description of these systems is challenging both,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-02 Erik Schroedter , Michael Bonitz

The formation of correlations due to collisions in an interacting nucleonic system is investigated shortly after a disturbance. Results from one-time kinetic equations are compared with the Kadanoff and Baym two-time equation with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Morawetz , H. S. Köhler

We consider the quantum Boltzmann equation, which describes the growth of the condensate, or in other words, models the interaction between excited atoms and a condensate. In this work, the full form of Bogoliubov dispersion law is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-06-11 Toan T. Nguyen , Minh-Binh Tran