edited by Michael Bonitz (Universität Rostock, Germany) & Dirk Semkat (Universität Rostock, Germany)

Equilibrium and nonequilibrium properties of correlated many-body systems are of growing interest in many areas of physics, including condensed matter, dense plasmas, nuclear matter and particles. The most powerful and general method which is equally applied to all these areas is given by quantum field theory. This book provides an overview of the basic ideas and concepts of the method of nonequilibrium Green's functions, written by the leading experts and presented in a way accessible to non-specialists and graduate students. It is complemented by invited review papers on modern applications of the method to a variety of topics, such as optics and quantum transport in semiconductors; superconductivity; strong field effects, QCD, and state-of-the-art computational concepts — from Green's functions to quantum Monte Carlo and time-dependent density functional theory.

The proceedings have been selected for coverage in:

• Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)

• Nonequilibrium Green's Functions: History, General Problems, Plasmas:
  • Real-Time Nonequilibrium Green's Functions (L V Keldysh)
  • Theory of High-T_c Superconductivity in Layered Cuprates (A A Abrikosov)
  • Correlated Quantum Plasmas in Strong Laser Fields (M Schlanges et al.)
• Quantum Transport in Semiconductors:
  • Non-Equilibrium Green's Functions in Semiconductor Device Modeling (R Lake et al.)
  • Nonequilibrium Green Function Modelling of Transport in Mesoscopic Systems (A-P Jauho)
  • Bohm Trajectories in Quantum Transport (J R Barker)
• Optical and Electronic Properties of Semiconductors:
  • Coulomb Correlations in the Quantum Kinetics of Electron Phonon Systems (W Schäfer et al.)
  • Excitonic Quantum Coherences and Correlations in Semiconductor Quantum Wells (R Binder et al.)
• Nuclear Matter and High Energy Physics:
  • Renormalization of Self-Consistent Φ-Derivable Approximations (H van Hees & J Knoll)
  • Crossover from Neutron-Proton Superfluidity to Bose–Einstein Condensation of Deuterons in Nuclear Matter (A A Isayev)
  • Kinetics of Vacuum Pair Creation in Strong Electromagnetic Fields (A V Tarakanov et al.)
• Alternative Computational Methods:
  • Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory from a Practitioners Perspective (K Andrae et al.)
  • Combination of Quantum Kinetic Theory and First-Principle Simulations for Strongly Correlated Quantum Plasmas (M Bonitz et al.)
  • Tunneling of Interacting Identical Particles (Yu E Lozovik et al.)
  • and other papers