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Quantum Boltzmann Equations

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 967))

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This section is devoted to the derivation of the Boltzmann–Nordheim kinetic equation. It follows the work of Balescu [18] and is split into several steps.

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Pomeau, Y., Tran, MB. (2019). Quantum Boltzmann Equations. In: Statistical Physics of Non Equilibrium Quantum Phenomena. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 967. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34394-1_6

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