title: Self-consistent electron counting statistics.
abstract: We develop a self-consistent version of perturbation theory in Liouville space which seeks to combine the advantages of master equation approaches in quantum transport with the nonperturbative features that a self-consistent treatment brings. We describe how counting fields may be included in a self-consistent manner in this formalism such that the full counting statistics can be calculated. Non-Markovian effects are also incorporated. Several different self-consistent approximations are introduced and we discuss their relative strengths with a simple example.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Theoretische Physik, Hardenbergstraße 36, TU Berlin, D-10623 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Clive
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Emary
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004583:Electrons; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011789:Quantum Theory