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* PEP8-compliant
* including unit tests (limited for now)
* with automatically generated [documentation online](https://liborsold.github.io/fuNEGF/)


## NEGF Equations

The *retarded Green's function*
$$
\mathbf{G}^{\mathrm{R}}=[E \mathbf{I}-\mathbf{H}-\mathbf{\Sigma}]^{-1}
$$

along with the *advanced Green's function*
$$
\mathbf{G}^{\mathrm{A}} = \left[ \mathbf{G}^{\mathrm{R}} \right]^\dagger
$$

provide the *spectral function*
$$
\mathbf{A}=i\left[\mathbf{G}^{\mathrm{R}}-\mathbf{G}^{\mathrm{A}}\right]
$$

and are used to solve for the *"electron occupation" Green's function* ($\mathbf{G}^{\mathrm{n}} \equiv -i \mathbf{G}^< $)
$$
\mathbf{G}^{\mathrm{n}}=\mathbf{G}^{\mathrm{R}} \Sigma^{\mathrm{in}} \mathbf{G}^{\mathrm{A}}
$$

which gives the *density matrix*

$$
\hat{\rho} = \mathbf{G}^{\mathrm{n}} / 2\pi \,.
$$


Both, the self-energy $\mathbf{\Sigma}$ and the in-scattering term $\Sigma^{\mathrm{in}}$ are sums of the left contact and right contact, while the self-energy also contains an intrinsic term

$$ \begin{align}
\mathbf{\Sigma}^{\mathrm{in}} &= \mathbf{\Sigma}^{\mathrm{in}}_1 + \mathbf{\Sigma}^{\mathrm{in}}_2 \,, \\
\mathbf{\Sigma} &= \mathbf{\Sigma}_1 + \mathbf{\Sigma}_2 + \mathbf{\Sigma}_0
\end{align}
$$

NOTE: We use the (physically expressive) notation of S. Datta, where the self-energies and Green's functions in relation to the standard notation (on the right) are defined as

$$
\begin{align}
\Sigma &\equiv \Sigma^\mathrm{R} \,, \\
G^\mathrm{n} &\equiv -i G^< \,, \\
\Sigma^\mathrm{in} &\equiv -i \Sigma^< \,.
\end{align}
$$

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