Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
Wigner equation for particles obeying an exclusion-inclusion principle
G. Kaniadakis, A. Lavagno, P. Quarati
Abstract
We consider a nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation for particles obeying an exclusion-inclusion principle recently proposed by us and derive, within the Wigner formalism, a generalized quantum phase-space transport equation. We calculate the $\ensuremath{\Elzxh}$ expansion of this equation and study the quantum corrections, up to the ${\ensuremath{\Elzxh}}^{2}$ order, of the finite temperature Thomas-Fermi phase-space distribution. The effects and the quantitative relevance of the exclusion principle on the distribution function are considered for a system of fermionic particles in a harmonic confining potential.