Bloch equation for the canonical density matrix in terms of its diagonal element: The Slater sum

DOI10.1016/j.physleta.2008.12.072zbMath1236.82043OpenAlexW2156529830MaRDI QIDQ2429208

Luis-Miguel Nieto, Norman H. March

Publication date: 24 April 2012

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2008.12.072

zbMATH Keywords

Bloch equationcanonical density matrixSlater sum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22) Feynman integrals and graphs; applications of algebraic topology and algebraic geometry (81Q30) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10) Weak interaction in quantum theory (81V15) Variational principles of physics (49S05)

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• On the reception of electromagnetic waves
• Slater sum for the one-dimensional sech2 potential in relation to the kinetic energy density
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