Madelung hydrodynamics of spin-orbit coupling: action principles, currents, and correlations

arXiv:2601.10698 · quant-ph, cond-mat.mes-hall, cond-mat.other, math-ph, math.MP · Submitted 2026-01-15 · Read on arXiv

quant-ph, cond-mat.mes-hall, cond-mat.other, math-ph, math.MP

Submitted: 2026-01-15

Updated: 2026-10-16

Comments: Extended and fully revised. 27 pages including appendix. Comments welcome

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Quantum Geometric Tensor (QGT) — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Spin-Orbit Coupling (SOC) — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes

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