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arxiv: hep-ph/0603212 · v3 · submitted 2006-03-24 · ✦ hep-ph

All orders Boltzmann collision term from the multiple scattering expansion of the self-energy

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keywords boltzmanncollisionexpansionmultipleordersscatteringself-energyapproximation
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Starting from the Kadanoff-Baym relativistic transport equation and the multiple scattering expansion of the self-energy, we obtain the Boltzmann collision terms for any number of participating particles to all orders in perturbation theory within a quasi-particle approximation. This work completes a program initiated by Carrington and Mrowczynski and developed further by present authors and Weinstock in recent literature.

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