Non-Abelian linear Boltzmann equation and quantum correction to Kramers and Smoluchowski equation

Details Non-Abelian linear Boltzmann equation and quantum correction to Kramers and Smoluchowski equation Non-Abelian linear Boltzmann equation and quantum correction to Kramers and Smoluchowski equation

2002-04-19

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0204114v1

Phys. Rev. E 66 (2002) 027107

Physics

Quantum Physics

6 pages, latex, no figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.66.027107

A quantum linear Boltzmann equation is proposed, constructed in terms of the operator-valued dynamic structure factor of the macroscopic system the test particle is interacting with. Due to this operator structure it is a non-Abelian linear Boltzmann equation and when expressed through the Wigner function it allows for a direct comparison with the classical one. Considering a Brownian particle the corresponding Fokker-Planck equation is obtained in a most direct way taking the limit of small energy and momentum transfer. A typically quantum correction to the Kramers equation thus appears, describing diffusion in position and further implying a correction to Einstein's diffusion coefficient in the high temperature and friction limit in which Smoluchowski equation emerges.

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