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arXiv:1502.02062 · Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment

The properties of the first equation of the Vlasov chain of equations

E. E. Perepelkin, B I Sadovnikov, N G Inozemtseva

Published May 18, 2015• 29 citations
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Abstract

A derivation of the first Vlasov equation as a well-known Schrödinger equation for the probabilistic description of a system and families of the classic diffusion equations and heat conduction for the deterministic description of physical systems was inferred. A physical meaning of the phase of the wave function which is a scalar potential of the probabilistic flow velocity is demonstrated. Occurrence of the velocity potential vortex component leads to the Pauli equation for one of the spinar components. A scheme for the construction of the Schrödinger equation solution from the Vlasov equation solution and vice-versa is shown. A process of introduction of the potential to the Schrödinger equation and its interpretation are given. The analysis of the potential properties gives us the Maxwell equation, the equation of the kinematic point movement, and the equation for movement of the medium within electromagnetic fields.

DOI
10.1088/1742-5468/2015/05/p05019

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The first equation in a hierarchy of equations due to Vlasov is studied. The equation can be described as a Schrödinger equation for the probabilistic description of a system. It has applications in other areas as well. A physical meaning can be assigned to the phase of the wavefunction. The approach allows construction of solutions of the Schrödinger equation from known solutions and conversely much like a Bäcklund transformation. Finally, the process of introducing a potential into the Schrödinger equation is generalized to the case of Bohmian mechanics.
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Abstract Based on the dispersion chain of the Vlasov equations, the paper considers the construction of a new chain of equations of quantum mechanics of high kinematical values. The proposed approach can be applied to consideration of classical and quantum systems with radiation. A number of theorems are proved on the form of extensions of the Hamilton operators, Lagrange functions, Hamilton–Jacobi equations, and Maxwell equations to the case of a generalized phase space. In some special cases of lower dimensions, the dispersion chain of quantum mechanics is reduced to quantum mechanics in phase space (the Wigner function) and the de Broglie–Bohm «pilot wave» theory. An example of solving the Schrödinger equation of the second rank (for the phase space) is analyzed, which, in contrast to the Wigner function, gives a positive distribution density function.