Quantization of non-Hamiltonian physical systems

A. O. Bolivar
Phys. Rev. A 58, 4330 – Published 1 December 1998
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Abstract

We propose a general method of quantization of non-Hamiltonian physical systems. Applying it, for example, to a dissipative system coupled to a thermal reservoir described by the Fokker-Planck equation, we are able to obtain the Caldeira-Leggett master equation, the nonlinear Schrödinger-Langevin equation, and the Caldirola-Kanai equation (with an additional term), as particular cases.

  • Received 12 June 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.58.4330

©1998 American Physical Society

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A. O. Bolivar*

  • Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, CBPF-DMF, R. Xavier Sigaud 150, 22290-180 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • *Permanent address: Instituto Cultural Eudoro de Souza, Departamento Mário Schönberg de Física, Ceilândia 72221-970 (C.P. 7316), D.F., Brazil.

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Vol. 58, Iss. 6 — December 1998

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