Quantum statistical mechanics from a Bohmian perspective

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.10500v3
• Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 07:44:53 GMT
• Title: Quantum statistical mechanics from a Bohmian perspective
• Authors: Hrvoje Nikolic,
• Abstract summary: We develop a general formulation of quantum statistical mechanics in terms of probability currents. We discuss how various notions of entropy, proper and improper mixtures, and thermodynamics are understood from the Bohmian perspective.
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• Abstract: We develop a general formulation of quantum statistical mechanics in terms of probability currents that satisfy continuity equations in the multi-particle position space, for closed and open systems with a fixed number of particles. The continuity equation for any closed or open system suggests a natural Bohmian interpretation in terms of microscopic particle trajectories, that make the same measurable predictions as standard quantum theory. The microscopic trajectories are not directly observable, but provide a general, simple and intuitive microscopic interpretation of macroscopic phenomena in quantum statistical mechanics. In particular, we discuss how various notions of entropy, proper and improper mixtures, and thermodynamics are understood from the Bohmian perspective.

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