Axiomatic construction of quantum Langevin equations

Rúbia Araújo; Sascha Wald; Malte Henkel

doi:10.1088/1742-5468/ab11dc

Axiomatic construction of quantum Langevin equations

Rúbia Araújo, Sascha Wald, Malte Henkel

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A phenomenological construction of quantum Langevin equations, based on the physical criteria of (i) the canonical equal-time commutators, (ii) the Kubo formula, (iii) the virial theorem and (iv) the quantum fluctuation-dissipation theorem is presented. The case of a single harmonic oscillator coupled to a large external bath is analysed in detail. This allows to distinguish a markovian semi-classical approach, due to Bedeaux and Mazur, from a non-markovian full quantum approach, due to to Ford, Kac and Mazur. The quantum-fluctuation-dissipation theorem is seen to be incompatible with a markovian dynamics. Possible applications to the quantum spherical model are discussed.

Original language	English
Number of pages	33
Journal	J. Stat. Mech.
Volume	2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/ab11dc
Publication status	Published - 16 May 2019
Externally published	Yes

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