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Quantum Fluctuations and Linear Response Theory

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Instabilities and Nonequilibrium Structures III

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In this lecture we focus on the mathematical characterization of fluctuations for the local observables in a quantum system. We apply the results to a model for which we prove that the linear response theory of Kubo [1,2] becomes exact.

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Verbeure, A. (1991). Quantum Fluctuations and Linear Response Theory. In: Tirapegui, E., Zeller, W. (eds) Instabilities and Nonequilibrium Structures III. Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 64. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3442-2_7

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