%0 Journal Article %T Quantum mechanical aspects of friction and electric resistance in microscopic problems with applications to radiation physics %A W. Ulmer %J Physics %D 2015 %I arXiv %X 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. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.07727v1