A Vlasov-Bohm approach to Quantum Mechanics for statistical systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.11772v1
• Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:33:51 GMT
• Title: A Vlasov-Bohm approach to Quantum Mechanics for statistical systems
• Authors: Pedro Luis Grande, Raul Carlos Fadanelli, Maarten Vos,
• Abstract summary: We show that Bohmian mechanics can serve as a starting point for quantizing classical non-relativistic systems.<n>By incorporating the Bohm quantum potential into the Vlasov framework, we obtain a mean-field theory that captures the corpuscular nature of matter.
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• Abstract: Quantum mechanics is the most successful theory to describe microscopic phenomena. It was derived in different ways over the past 100 years by Heisenberg, Schrödinger, and Feynman. At the same time, other interpretations have been suggested, including the Bohm-De Broglie interpretation and the so-called Bohmian mechanics. Here, we show that Bohmian mechanics, which utilizes the concept of the Bohm quantum potential, can also serve as a starting point for quantizing classical non-relativistic systems. By incorporating the Bohm quantum potential into the Vlasov framework, we obtain a mean-field theory that captures the corpuscular nature of matter, in agreement with quantum mechanics within the Random Phase Approximation (RPA).

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