arXiv · nucl-th/0012040
Space-time versus particle-hole symmetry in quantum Enskog equations
Abstract
The non-local scattering-in and -out integrals of the Enskog equation have reversed displacements of colliding particles reflecting that the -in and -out processes are conjugated by the space and time inversions. Generalisations of the Enskog equation to Fermi liquid systems are hindered by a request of the particle-hole symmetry which contradicts the reversed displacements. We resolve this problem with the help of the optical theorem. It is found that space-time and particle-hole symmetry can only be fulfilled simultaneously for the Bruckner-type of internal Pauli-blocking while the Feynman-Galitskii form allows only for particle-hole symmetry but not for space-time symmetry due to a stimulated emission of Bosons.
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Václav Špička, Klaus Morawetz, Pavel Lipavský. 2001-05-18. Space-time versus particle-hole symmetry in quantum Enskog equations. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.64.046107
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