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Rev. Mod. Phys. 58, 323–359 (1986)

Quantum field-theoretical methods in transport theory of metals

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J. Rammer
NORDITA, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

H. Smith
Physics Laboratory I, H. C. Ørsted Institute, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

The authors review the Keldysh method of obtaining kinetic equations for normal and superconducting metals. The use of the method is illustrated by examples involving electron-impurity, electron-phonon, and electron-electron scattering, both within and beyond the quasiclassical approximation.

© 1986 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.58.323
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10.1103/RevModPhys.58.323
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