title: Quantum chaos in gas.
abstract: A new approach to the description of gas kinetics is proposed. The approach is based on a fundamental presumption which states that binary collisions of gas atoms, moving in a chaotic way, can serve as "interior measurements." These "measurements" result in collapses of atomic wave functions. The ensuing decoherence is capable of transforming the wave function of gas atoms into a set of small-size wave packets. Their kinetics is considered in detail. Quantum effects linear in the Planck constant are taken into account. (c) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
authors.affiliation: RRC Kurchatov Institute, 123182, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: B. B.
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Kadomtsev
authors.forename: M. B.
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Kadomtsev