Quantum Macrophysics for New Turbulence Concepts*

The classical theory of Ginzburg-Landau second order phase transformations can be applied directly to the transition from laminar to turbulent flow. The generalization of the G-L approach to include turbulence connects the possibility of new insights on turbulence to a large class of second order phase transformations in physical systems. The use of techniques from quantum macrophysics in second order phase transformations affords a list of predictions about behaviors which are unique to the quantum macrophysics prospective.