A Quantum Fluid Description of the Free Electron Laser
Plasma Physics
2015-05-13 v1 Accelerator Physics
Abstract
Using the Madelung transformation we show that in a quantum Free Electron Laser (QFEL) the beam obeys the equations of a quantum fluid in which the potential is the classical potential plus a quantum potential. The classical limit is shown explicitly.
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@article{arxiv.0810.4025,
title = {A Quantum Fluid Description of the Free Electron Laser},
author = {R. Bonifacio and N. Piovella and G. R. M Robb and A. Serbeto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.4025},
year = {2015}
}
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