Derivation of Transport Equations using the Time-Dependent Projection Operator Method

Abstract

We develop a formalism to carry out coarse-grainings in quantum field theoretical systems by using a time-dependent projection operator in the Heisenberg picture. A systematic perturbative expansion with respect to the interaction part of the Hamiltonian is given, and a Langevin-type equation without a time-convolution integral term is obtained. This method is applied to a quantum field theoretical model, and coupled transport equations are derived.

17 pages, Prog. Theor. Phys. in Press

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