Quantum hydrodynamics and two-fluid dynamics
Description
It is shown how two fluid dynamical equations for superfluid He4 are derived from quantum hydrodynamical Hamiltonian, represented in terms of the quantized canonical conjugate variables, mass density rho(x) and velocity field v(x). An essential assumption is that expectation value of v(x) should be identified with the superfluid velocity. The random phase approximation is applied to higher order dynamical correlation function of rho and v appearing in the equations of motion. This approximation implies to decouple the correlation into the hydrodynamical degrees of freedom and the incoherent one of thermal phonon. It is found that a set of equations thus obtained is consistent with the two fluid dynamical one, having been widely used in the phenomenological theories. (auth.)
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1143/ptp.57.1133;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Progress of Theoretical Physics
- Journal Volume
- 57
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- Prog. Theor. Phys. (Kyoto).
- Journal Page Range
- 1133-1147
- ISSN
- 0033-068X
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Japan
- Country of Input or Organization
- Japan
- INIS RN
- 9353739
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CANONICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; DENSITY; FLOW RATE; HAMILTONIANS; HELIUM II; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANDAU LIQUID HELIUM THEORY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SUPERFLUIDITY; VELOCITY
- Descriptors DEC
- EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FLUID MECHANICS; HELIUM ISOTOPES; HELIUM 4; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MECHANICS; NUCLEI; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM OPERATORS; STABLE ISOTOPES
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