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Phys. Rev. 131, 2345–2349 (1963)

Perturbation-Theory Rules for Computing the Self-Energy Operator in Quantum Statistical Mechanics

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Gordon Baym
Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California

Andrew M. Sessler
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California

Received 19 April 1963; published in the issue dated September 1963

Convenient rules are given for the general term in the time-independent perturbation-theory expansion for the self-energy operator of quantum statistical mechanics. The rules are derived by starting from the usual formalism involving time-dependent Green's functions.

© 1963 The American Physical Society

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10.1103/PhysRev.131.2345
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