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Quantum Navier-Stokes equations for electrons in graphene

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2022-11-15 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

The Chapman-Enskog method, in combination with the quantum maximum entropy principle, is applied to the Wigner equation in order to obtain quantum Navier-Stokes equations for electrons in graphene in the isothermal case. The derivation is based on the quantum version of the maximum entropy principle and follows the lines of Ringhofer-Degond-M\'ehats' theory (J. Stat. Phys. 112, 2003 and Z. Angew. Math. Mech. 90, 2010). The model obtained in this way is then semiclassically expanded up to O(2)\mathcal{O}(\hbar^2).

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@article{arxiv.2211.07391,
  title  = {Quantum Navier-Stokes equations for electrons in graphene},
  author = {Luigi Barletti and Lucio Demeio and Sara Nicoletti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.07391},
  year   = {2022}
}
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