| Kadanoff - Baym Equations: History and Perspectives | |
| Quantum Kinetic Equations | p. 2 |
| Conservation Laws and the Quantum Theory of Transport: The Early Days | p. 17 |
| General Problems of Quantum Kinetic Theory | |
| Kadanoff-Baym Equations with Initial Correlations | p. 34 |
| Nonlocal Kinetic Theory | p. 45 |
| The "Mixed" Green's Function Approach to Quantum Kinetics with Initial Correlations | p. 56 |
| Approximative Constructions of the Double-Time Correlation Function from the Single-Time Distribution Function | p. 63 |
| Nonequilibrium Green's Functions and the Method of Nonequilibrium Statistical Operator | p. 82 |
| Langevin Interpretation of Kadanoff-Baym Equations | p. 91 |
| Space-Time Versus Particle-Hole Symmetry of Non-Local Collisions in a Kinetic Equation for Fermi Systems | p. 100 |
| Plasmas | |
| From Kadanoff-Baym Equations to Plasma Turbulence | p. 112 |
| Self-Consistent Approximations: Application to a Quasiparticle Description of the Thermodynamic Properties of Relativistic Plasmas | p. 144 |
| Quantum Kinetic Theory for Dense Coulomb Systems in Strong Electromagnetic Fields | p. 153 |
| Quantum and Spin Statistics Effects on Short Time Scales | p. 162 |
| Bloch Dynamics of Atoms in Dense Plasmas | p. 170 |
| Semiconductors. Optics | |
| Correlation Effects and Quantum Kinetics in Pulse Excited Semiconductors | p. 180 |
| Coulomb Quantum Kinetics with Time-Dependent Screening | p. 212 |
| Quantum Kinetics of Coulomb Scattering with Screening in Quasi-2D Semiconductors | p. 226 |
| Exciton Lineshape within Linear Response of a Semiconductor | p. 238 |
| Quantum Transport in Coulomb Systems | |
| Time-Dependent Transport in Interacting Mesoscopic Systems | p. 250 |
| Two-Beam Coherent Control: Injection of Hot-Carrier Populations with Nonzero Momenta and Atomic Drag | p. 274 |
| Impact Ionization Rate and Intracollisional Field Effect in Semiconductors | p. 283 |
| The Use of Relativistic Action in Strong-Field Nonlinear Photoionization | p. 292 |
| Variational Principle for Linearized Kadanoff-Baym Equations | p. 301 |
| Nuclear Matter | |
| Soft Modes, Quantum Transport and Kinetic Entropy | p. 310 |
| Particle-Hole Dynamics | p. 331 |
| A Covariant Generalization of the Real-Time Green's Functions Method in the Theory of Kinetic Equations | p. 345 |
| Relativistic Transport Equations with Generalized Mass Shell Constraints | p. 353 |
| Test Particle Description of Transport Processes for States with a Continuous Mass Spectrum | p. 364 |
| The Non-Equilibrium Distribution Function of Particles and Anti-Particles Created in Strong Fields | p. 375 |
| Deuteron Formation in Heavy Ion Collisions Within the Faddeev Approach | p. 383 |
| Dyson-Schwinger Equation Approach to the QCD Deconfinement Transition and J/[psi] Dissociation | p. 392 |
| Correlations. Bound States. Bose Condensation | |
| Generalized Boltzmann Equation for a Trapped Bose-Condensed Gas Using the Kadanoff-Baym Formalism | p. 404 |
| Real-Time Kadanoff-Baym Approach to Plasma Oscillations in Correlated Coulomb Systems | p. 418 |
| The Kinetics of Two-Particle Bound States in Nonideal Systems | p. 427 |
| Equilibrium Properties of Dense Coulomb Systems | p. 436 |
| Strong Correlations and Dynamic Screening Effects in Dense Plasmas | p. 445 |
| Quantum Kinetic Approach to Reaction Rates of Dense Plasmas | p. 454 |
| Numerical Concepts | |
| Numerical Solutions of the Kadanoff-Baym Equations | p. 464 |
| Two-Time Electron-LO-Phonon Quantum Kinetics and the Test of the Generalized Kadanoff-Baym Relation | p. 485 |
| Semiclassical and Quantum Production Rates | p. 496 |
| Non-Lorentzian Spectral Functions for Coulomb Systems | p. 504 |
| Thermodynamic Properties of Correlated Strongly Degenerate Plasmas | p. 513 |
| Quantum Dynamics in Phase Space | p. 521 |
| Tunneling Times of Wave Packets: an Application of the Method of Quantum Trajectories in the Wigner Representation | p. 529 |
| Conclusion and Outlook | p. 564 |
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