Volume 100, Issue 6 pp. 1153-1162

Quantum hydrodynamics: Mixed states, dissipation, and a new hybrid quantum-classical approach

Irene Burghardt

Corresponding Author

Irene Burghardt

Département de Chimie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, F-75231 Paris cedex 05, France

Département de Chimie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, F-75231 Paris cedex 05, FranceSearch for more papers by this author
Klaus B. Møller

Klaus B. Møller

Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

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Gérard Parlant

Gérard Parlant

Laboratoire de Structure et Dynamique des Systèmes Moléculaires et Solides, Université Montpellier II, F-34095 Montpellier, France

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Lorenz S. Cederbaum

Lorenz S. Cederbaum

Theoretische Chemie, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany

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Eric R. Bittner

Eric R. Bittner

Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA

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First published: 27 August 2004
Citations: 16

Abstract

The formulation of quantum hydrodynamics for mixed states provides a complement, in a quantum-statistical context, to its pure-state “Bohmian mechanics” analogue. We summarize our recent work in this area, focusing on two key aspects. We first describe the formulation of a generalized hydrodynamic force, which includes the effects of thermal fluctuations and “quantum fluctuations” and thus determines the time evolution under the influence of dissipation. Second, we introduce a mixed hydrodynamic–Liouville space representation in terms of partial moments, as applied in the context of coupled electronic states and mixed quantum-classical dynamics. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2004

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