Thermalization and pinch singularities in non-equilibrium quantum field theory

Abstract

I argue that, within the Closed-Time-Path formalism, pinch singularities do not appear in truly out of equilibrium situations.

9 pages, plain TEX, no figures (TEX mistakes corrected)

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