Nonequilibrium Quantum Evolution of Open Systems
arXiv:cond-mat/9912472
Abstract
We apply the Liouville-von Neumann (LvN) approach to open systems to describe the nonequilibrium quantum evolution. The Liouville-von Neumann approach is a unified method that can be applied to both time-independent (closed) and time-dependent (open) systems and to both equilibrium and nonequilibrium systems. We study the nonequilibrium quantum evolution of oscillator models for open boson and fermion systems
RevTex 13 pages, Contributed to the journal "Condensed Matter Physics"