By using the quantum maximum entropy principle we formally derive, from a underlying kinetic description, isothermal (hydrodynamic and diffusive) quantum fluid equations for particles with Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics. A semiclassical expansion of the quantum fluid equations, up to O(h^2)-terms, leads to classical fluid equations with statistics-dependent quantum corrections, including a modified Bohm potential. The Maxwell-Boltzmann limit and the zero temperature limit are eventually discussed.

Derivation of isothermal quantum fluid equations with Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics / Luigi Barletti; Carlo Cintolesi. - In: JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS. - ISSN 0022-4715. - STAMPA. - 148:(2012), pp. 353-386. [10.1007/s10955-012-0535-5]

Derivation of isothermal quantum fluid equations with Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics

BARLETTI, LUIGI;
2012

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By using the quantum maximum entropy principle we formally derive, from a underlying kinetic description, isothermal (hydrodynamic and diffusive) quantum fluid equations for particles with Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics. A semiclassical expansion of the quantum fluid equations, up to O(h^2)-terms, leads to classical fluid equations with statistics-dependent quantum corrections, including a modified Bohm potential. The Maxwell-Boltzmann limit and the zero temperature limit are eventually discussed.
2012
148
353
386
Luigi Barletti; Carlo Cintolesi
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