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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	Quantum kinetic theory is concerned with nonequilibrium dynamics, relaxation, collisions, transport, and the emergence of macroscopic behavior from microscopic quantum laws.<ref name="BonitzQT"/><ref name="Polkovnikov2011">{{cite journal		Quantum kinetic theory is concerned with nonequilibrium dynamics, relaxation, collisions, transport, and the emergence of macroscopic behavior from microscopic quantum laws.<ref name="BonitzQT">{{cite book
			\|last=Bonitz
			\|first=M.
			\|title=Quantum Kinetic Theory
			\|publisher=Teubner
			\|year=1998
			\|isbn=9783519002540
			}}</ref><ref name="Polkovnikov2011">{{cite journal
	\|last1=Polkovnikov		\|last1=Polkovnikov
	\|first1=Anatoli		\|first1=Anatoli
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	\|doi=10.1103/RevModPhys.83.863		\|doi=10.1103/RevModPhys.83.863
	\|url=https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.83.863		\|url=https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.83.863
	}}</ref> It becomes essential when the system is not in equilibrium, when particle statistics matter, or when coherence and interference modify classical transport behavior.<ref name="HaugJauho"/>		}}</ref> It becomes essential when the system is not in equilibrium, when particle statistics matter, or when coherence and interference modify classical transport behavior.<ref name="HaugJauho">{{cite book
			\|last1=Haug
			\|first1=H.
			\|last2=Jauho
			\|first2=A.-P.
			\|title=Quantum Kinetics in Transport and Optics of Semiconductors
			\|publisher=Springer
			\|year=2008
			\|isbn=9783540735868
			\|url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-540-73564-9
			}}</ref>

	Typical applications include semiconductors, plasmas, ultracold gases, quantum optical media, and strongly interacting many-body systems.<ref name="HaugJauho"/><ref name="BonitzQT"/>		Typical applications include semiconductors, plasmas, ultracold gases, quantum optical media, and strongly interacting many-body systems.<ref name="HaugJauho"/><ref name="BonitzQT"/>
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	==Quantum kinetic equations==		==Quantum kinetic equations==
	The evolution of distribution functions is governed by kinetic equations that generalize the classical Boltzmann equation.<ref name="KadanoffBaym"/><ref name="HaugJauho"/>		The evolution of distribution functions is governed by kinetic equations that generalize the classical Boltzmann equation.<ref name="KadanoffBaym">{{cite book
			\|last1=Kadanoff
			\|first1=L. P.
			\|last2=Baym
			\|first2=G.
			\|title=Quantum Statistical Mechanics
			\|publisher=W. A. Benjamin
			\|year=1962
			\|isbn=9780805306378
			}}</ref><ref name="HaugJauho"/>

	A generic kinetic equation has the form		A generic kinetic equation has the form
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	==References==		= References =
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	{{Author\|Harold Foppele}}		{{Author\|Harold Foppele}}

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	'''Kinetic theory''' ~~is a Book I topic in the Quantum Collection. Quantum~~ kinetic theory describes the time evolution of many-particle systems when both quantum effects and statistical behavior are important. It provides the bridge between quantum statistical mechanics, classical kinetic theory, and macroscopic transport theory. Instead of tracking the full many-body wavefunction directly, quantum kinetic theory describes systems through reduced distribution functions, density operators, or nonequilibrium Green's functions that evolve in time. Quantum kinetic theory describes the time evolution of many-particle systems when both quantum effects and statistical behavior are important.~~{{cite book }} It provides the bridge between~~ quantum ~~statistical mechanics~~, classical kinetic theory, ~~and macroscopic transport theory.{{cite book \|title=Quantum Kinetics in Transport and Optics~~ of ~~Semiconductors Instead of tracking the full many~~-~~body wavefunction directly, quantum kinetic theory describes systems through reduced~~ distribution ~~functions, density operators, or nonequilibrium Green's functions that evolve in time.~~		'''Kinetic theory''' quantum kinetic theory describes the time evolution of many-particle systems when both quantum effects and statistical behavior are important. It provides the bridge between quantum statistical mechanics, classical kinetic theory, and macroscopic transport theory. Instead of tracking the full many-body wavefunction directly, quantum kinetic theory describes systems through reduced distribution functions, density operators, or nonequilibrium Green's functions that evolve in time. Quantum kinetic theory describes the time evolution of many-particle systems when both quantum effects and statistical behavior are important. Typical applications include semiconductors, plasmas, ultracold gases, quantum optical media, and strongly interacting many-body systems. In classical kinetic theory, the state of a system is described by a phase-space distribution function
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+'''Kinetic theory''' is a Book I topic in the Quantum Collection. Quantum kinetic theory describes the time evolution of many-particle systems when both quantum effects and statistical behavior are important. It provides the bridge between quantum statistical mechanics, classical kinetic theory, and macroscopic transport theory. Instead of tracking the full many-body wavefunction directly, quantum kinetic theory describes systems through reduced distribution functions, density operators, or nonequilibrium Green's functions that evolve in time. Quantum kinetic theory describes the time evolution of many-particle systems when both quantum effects and statistical behavior are important.{{cite book }} It provides the bridge between quantum statistical mechanics, classical kinetic theory, and macroscopic transport theory.{{cite book |title=Quantum Kinetics in Transport and Optics of Semiconductors Instead of tracking the full many-body wavefunction directly, quantum kinetic theory describes systems through reduced distribution functions, density operators, or nonequilibrium Green's functions that evolve in time.
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 ==Phonons and quasiparticles==
-In condensed-matter applications, quantum kinetic theory is often expressed in terms of quasiparticles such as electrons, holes, excitons, and [[Physics:Phonon|phonons]].<ref name="Mahan">{{cite book
+In condensed-matter applications, quantum kinetic theory is often expressed in terms of quasiparticles such as electrons, holes, excitons, and phonons.<ref name="Mahan">{{cite book
   |last=Mahan
   |first=G. D.

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 Instead of tracking the full many-body wavefunction directly, quantum kinetic theory describes systems through reduced distribution functions, density operators, or nonequilibrium Green's functions that evolve in time.<ref name="KadanoffBaym"/><ref name="HaugJauho"/>
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 ==Overview==
 Quantum kinetic theory is concerned with nonequilibrium dynamics, relaxation, collisions, transport, and the emergence of macroscopic behavior from microscopic quantum laws.<ref name="BonitzQT"/><ref name="Polkovnikov2011">{{cite journal