Following the Boltzmann-BBGKY paradigm we propose a correlation entropy (of the nth order) for an interacting quantum field. The concept of correlation entropy is useful for addressing issues related to thermalization. As a small yet important step in that direction, we state an H theorem for the correlation entropy of a quantum-mechanical [Formula Presented] model with a closed time path two-particle irreducible effective action at the level of a next-to-leading-order large N approximation. This model may be regarded as a field theory in 0 space dimensions. We verify the validity of the proposed H theorem in two limiting cases. © 2003 The American Physical Society.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | Correlation entropy of an interacting quantum field and H theorem for the [Formula Presented] model |
Autor: | Calzetta, E.A.; Hu, B.L. |
Filiación: | Departamento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, 1428, Argentina Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, United States |
Año: | 2003 |
Volumen: | 68 |
Número: | 6 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.065027 |
Título revista: | Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology |
Título revista abreviado: | Phys Rev D Part Fields Gravit Cosmol |
ISSN: | 15507998 |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_15507998_v68_n6_p_Calzetta |