Quantum mechanical aspects of friction and electric resistance in microscopic problems with applications to radiation physics

TL;DR

This paper explores the quantum mechanical foundations of friction and electrical resistance, emphasizing their relation to electromagnetic circuits and electron scattering in lattice vibrations, with implications for radiation physics.

Contribution

It introduces a quantum mechanical framework for understanding friction and resistance, extending classical thermodynamics and Lagrangian methods to quantum and electromagnetic circuit models.

Findings

Quantum mechanics provides a deeper understanding of friction and resistance.

Electromagnetic circuit analogies relate to electron scattering phenomena.

Implications for radiation physics are discussed.

Abstract

Friction incorporates the close connection between classical mechanics in irreversible thermodynamics. The translation to a quantum mechanical foundation is not trivial and requires a generalization of the Lagrange function. A change to electromagnetic circuits appears to more adequate, since the electric analogue (Ohms law) is related to scatter of electrons at lattice vibrations.