Phys. Rev. A 58, 4330 - 4335 (1998)Quantization of non-Hamiltonian physical systems
A. O. Bolivar * Received 12 June 1998 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. ©1998 The American Physical Society
URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v58/p4330 * Permanent address: Instituto Cultural Eudoro de Souza, Departamento Mário Schönberg de Física, Ceilândia 72221-970 (C.P. 7316), D.F., Brazil. [ Abstract | Previous article | Next article | Issue 6 ] |
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