Nonlocal Form of Quantum Off-Shell Kinetic Equation

Abstract

A new nonlocal form of the off-shell kinetic equation is derived. While being equivalent to the Kadanoff--Baym and Botermans--Malfliet formulations in the range of formal applicability, it has certain advantages beyond this range. It possesses more accurate conservation laws for Noether quantities than those in the Botermans--Malfliet formulation. At the same time the nonlocal form, similarly to the Botermans--Malfliet one, allows application of the test-particle method for its numerical solution, which makes it practical for simulations of heavy-ion collisions. The physical meaning of the time-space nonlocality is clarified.

23 pages, to be published in the issue of Phys. Atom. Nucl. dedicated to S.T. Belyaev on the occasion of his birthday

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