Ehrenfest Theorem for the Hamilton-Jacobi Equation

• Authors: L. Kocis
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A possible way from quantum mechanics to classical mechanics can be achieved with an exponential substitution used in the Schrödinger equation, and then considering the classical limit. This gives a picture of classical fluid and an ensemble of classical trajectories. In difference from this approach to the classical limit, while utilising the same substitution, we assume a minimum uncertainty wave packet. It is shown that this approach to the classical limit of quantum mechanics yields a single trajectory traced by the centroid of the minimum uncertainty wave packet. The momentum and the centroid of such packet satisfy the classical Hamilton-Jacobi equation.

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• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2002
• Volume: 102
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 709-716

Dates

published

2002-12

received

2002-07-03

Contributors

author

L. Kocis

• Peranga Court, Unit 4, 43 Fifth Av., Sandgate QLD 4017, Australia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.102.709