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Journal of Modern Physics

Correlation between Diffusion Equation and Schrödinger Equation

Takahisa Okino

Published Jan 1, 2013• 13 citations
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Abstract

The well-known Schrd?inger equation is reasonably derived from the well-known diffusion equation. In the present study, the imaginary time is incorporated into the diffusion equation for understanding of the collision problem between two micro particles. It is revealed that the diffusivity corresponds to the angular momentum operator in quantum theory. The universal diffusivity expression, which is valid in an arbitrary material, will be useful for understanding of diffusion problems.

DOI
10.4236/jmp.2013.45088

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Investigating the elementary process of diffusion revealed that the De Broglie hypothesis is really valid in a material and further that the Schrödinger equation is reasonably derived from the diffusion equation. The diffusion equation is thus one of the fundamental equations in physics. The problem between a moving coordinate system and a fixed coordinate system for the diffusion equation had never been discussed until recently in the history of diffusion theory. In that situation, it is revealed that investigating the problem between those coordinate systems is indispensable for understanding the diffusion phenomena. The new findings obtained here, which are revolutionary in the existing diffusion theory, will be not only dominant but also indispensable for further advance in the diffusion study.
The correlation between the Schrödinger equation and the diffusion equation revealed that the relation of material wave is not a hypothesis but an actual one valid in a material regardless of the photon energy. Using the relations of material wave and uncertain principle, the quantum effect on elementary process of diffusion is discussed. As a result, the diffusivity is obtained as a universal expression applicable to any problem of diffusion phenomena. The Gauss theorem in theory and the Kirkendall effect in experimentation reveal the necessity of the coordinate transformation for a diffusion equation. The mathematical method for solving an interdiffusion problem of many elements system is established. The phase shift of the obtained analytical solution indicates the correlation between the solutions of each diffusion equation expressed by a fixed coordinate system and by a moving coordinate system. Based on the coordinate transformation theory, some unsolved problems of diffusion theory are reasonably solved and also some new important findings are discussed in relation to matters in the existing diffusion theory.
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In the context of quantum mechanics, Schrödinger's equation has many possible interpretations, none of which appear to be entirely satisfactory. One reason for this is that there is no known microscopic model which yields both Schrödinger's equation and an accompanying ‘sensible’ interpretation. In contrast to this the diffusion equation is well known as a phenomenological equation obtainable from the microscopic model of Brownian motion. In this case the microscopic model provides an unambiguous interpretation of the partial differential equation. In this article we review work which shows that Schrödinger's equation by itself is also easily obtained from a lattice random walk version of the Brownian motion model. In this system, Schrödinger's equation arises by projection and the interpretation of wave functions is as direct and unambiguous as the interpretation of density in the diffusion case. However the direct interpretation is compatible with quantum mechanics only in a statistical sense in the context of ensembles of particles. This shows that measurement theory is the aspect of quantum theory which harbours the problems of interpretation, and we suggest the study of this and related systems to clearly illuminate the boundary between dynamics and measurement.