A Transport Equation for Quantum Fields with Continuous Mass Spectrum

Abstract

Within a relativistic real-time Green's function formalism, a quantum transport equation for the phase-space distribution function is derived without a quasi-particle approximation. Dissipation is due to a nonzero spectral width, and can be separated into time-local and memory effects.

25 pages LaTeX, 1 figure uuencoded, GSI-Preprint 94-13

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