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The formalism of second quantization is essential for the description of systems where the number of particles may change as an effect of the dynamics. It is extremely useful, however, also when we deal with many-body systems where the number of particles is fixed.
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Jacoboni, C. (2010). Second-Quantization Formalism. In: Theory of Electron Transport in Semiconductors. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 165. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10586-9_23
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