A Thermodynamical derivation of the quantum potential and the temperature of the wave function
Quantum Physics
2019-06-04 v1
Abstract
In this paper a thermodynamical derivation of the quantum potential is pro- posed. Within the framework of Bohmian mechanics we show how the quantum potential can be derived, by adding an additional informational degree of freedom to the ordinary degrees of freedom of a physical system. Such a derivation uses the First Law of thermodynamics for this additional degree of freedom and basic equilibrium thermodynamics methods. By doing that, one may associate a temper- ature to each wave function. Features and behavior of this temperature in different situations is studied.
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@article{arxiv.1810.09892,
title = {A Thermodynamical derivation of the quantum potential and the temperature of the wave function},
author = {Luca Curcuraci and Mehdi Ramezani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.09892},
year = {2019}
}
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14 pages, 2 figures