Off-diagonal kinetic theory in ultrasoft momentum region at high temperature

Abstract

We derive a linearized kinetic equation for fermionic excitations with an ultrasoft momentum, g^2T, from the Kadanoff-Baym equation in a Yukawa model and quantum electrodynamics (QED) at extremely high T, where g is the coupling constant. We show that this equation is equivalent to the self-consistent equation in the resummed perturbation theory used in the analysis of the fermion spectrum with the ultrasoft momentum. Furthermore, we derive the equation that determines the n-point function with external lines for a pair of fermions and (n-2) bosons with ultrasoft momenta in QED.