From quantum hydrodynamics to Koopman wavefunctions. II

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-80209-7_35zbMATH Open1485.76089arXiv2104.13172OpenAlexW4205246240MaRDI QIDQ2117864FDOQ2117864

François Gay-Balmaz, Cesare Tronci

Publication date: 22 March 2022

Abstract: Based on the Koopman-van Hove (KvH) formulation of classical mechanics introduced in Part I, we formulate a Hamiltonian model for hybrid quantum-classical systems. This is obtained by writing the KvH wave equation for two classical particles and applying canonical quantization to one of them. We illustrate several geometric properties of the model regarding the associated quantum, classical, and hybrid densities. After presenting the quantum-classical Madelung transform, the joint quantum-classical distribution is shown to arise as a momentum map for a unitary action naturally induced from the van Hove representation on the hybrid Hilbert space. While the quantum density matrix is positive by construction, no such result is currently available for the classical density. However, here we present a class of hybrid Hamiltonians whose flow preserves the sign of the classical density. Finally, we provide a simple closure model based on momentum map structures.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.13172

zbMATH Keywords

Hamiltonian dynamicsmomentum mapMadelung transformmixed quantum-classical dynamicsHove representationhybrid Hilbert spaceKoopman wave equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum hydrodynamics and relativistic hydrodynamics (76Y05) Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H99)

Cites Work

• A Suggested Interpretation of the Quantum Theory in Terms of "Hidden" Variables. I
• From Koopman-von Neumann theory to quantum theory
• Madelung transform and probability densities in hybrid quantum–classical dynamics
• Koopman wavefunctions and classical–quantum correlation dynamics

Cited In (3)

• Hydrodynamic interpretation of generic squeezed coherent states: a kinetic theory
• Evolution of hybrid quantum-classical wavefunctions
• Koopman wavefunctions and classical states in hybrid quantum-classical dynamics

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