title: Nonequilibrium functional renormalization group for interacting quantum systems.
abstract: We propose a nonequilibrium version of functional renormalization within the Keldysh formalism by introducing a complex-valued flow parameter in the Fermi or Bose functions of each reservoir. Our cutoff scheme provides a unified approach to equilibrium and nonequilibrium situations. We apply it to nonequilibrium transport through an interacting quantum wire coupled to two reservoirs and show that the nonequilibrium occupation induces new power law exponents for the conductance.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Theoretische Physik A, RWTH Aachen, D-52056 Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Severin G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Jakobs
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Meden
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schoeller