Quantum chaos in gas.
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.
Kadomtsev
B. B.
BB
RRC Kurchatov Institute, 123182, Moscow, Russia.
Kadomtsev
M. B.
MB