Statistical Physics @ Trieste blackboard
Course: Many body physics out of equilibrium
by Alessandro Silva



4-state Potts model;re

 


Main topics


  1. Reminder of many body physics in thermal equilibrium
    • Matsubara Green's function
    • Linear response theory and fluctuation-dissipation theorem
    • Simple application: weak localization corrections to conductivity
  2. Out of equilibrium systems
    • Contourn ordered Green's functions
    • Quantum kinetic equations and Boltzmann limit
    • Application to mesoscopic physics:
      • non-equilibrium transport in quantum dots
      • adiabatic quantum pumping
      • dynamical localization
  3. Keldysh Path Integrals
    • Kinetics of bosonic systems
    • Particle in contact with an enviroment