title: Statistical mechanics of quantum-classical systems with holonomic constraints.
abstract: The statistical mechanics of quantum-classical systems with holonomic constraints is formulated rigorously by unifying the classical Dirac bracket and the quantum-classical bracket in matrix form. The resulting Dirac quantum-classical theory, which conserves the holonomic constraints exactly, is then used to formulate time evolution and statistical mechanics. The correct momentum-jump approximation for constrained systems arises naturally from this formalism. Finally, in analogy with what was found in the classical case, it is shown that the rigorous linear-response function of constrained quantum-classical systems contains nontrivial additional terms which are absent in the response of unconstrained systems.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá degli Studi di Messina, Contrada Papardo, 98166 Messina, Italy. asergi@unime.it
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sergi