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Energy Conserving Approximations To The Quantum Potential: Dynamics With Linearized Quantum Force, Sophya Garashchuk, Vitaly A. Rassolov
Energy Conserving Approximations To The Quantum Potential: Dynamics With Linearized Quantum Force, Sophya Garashchuk, Vitaly A. Rassolov
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Solution of the Schrödinger equation within the de Broglie–Bohm formulation is based on propagation of trajectories in the presence of a nonlocal quantum potential. We present a new strategy for defining approximate quantum potentials within a restricted trial function by performing the optimal fit to the log-derivatives of the wave function density. This procedure results in the energy-conserving dynamics for a closed system. For one particular form of the trial function leading to the linear quantum force, the optimization problem is solved analytically in terms of the first and second moments of the weighted trajectory distribution. This approach gives exact …