Published April 30, 1979 | Version v1
Journal article

Time-dependent variational principle and the effective action

  • 1. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Lab. for Nuclear Science

Description

The time-dependent variational principle used in derivations of time-dependent Hartree-Fock theory gives a variational definition for the effective action - the generating functional of single-particle irreducible n-point functions. (Auth.)

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Journal Title
Phys. Lett., A
Journal Volume
71
Journal Issue
2-3
Series
Phys. Lett., A.
Journal Page Range
158-162
ISSN
0375-9601