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Register a new userReworking the Zubarevs approach to non-equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics
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Francesco Becattini
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2019
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Physics
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English
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F. Becattini
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In this work the non-equilibrium density operator approach introduced by Zubarev more than 50 years ago to describe quantum systems at local thermodynamic equilibrium is revisited. This method - which was used to obtain the first Kubo formula of shear viscosity, is especially suitable to describe quantum effects in fluids. This feature makes it a viable tool to describe the physics of the Quark Gluon Plasma in relativistic nuclear collisions.
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