A NOVEL METHOD TO QUANTIZE SYSTEMS OF DAMPED MOTION

Authors
OHBA I
Citation
I. Ohba, A NOVEL METHOD TO QUANTIZE SYSTEMS OF DAMPED MOTION, Foundations of physics, 27(12), 1997, pp. 1725-1738
Citations number
6
Journal title
Foundations of physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00159018
Volume
27
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1725 - 1738
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-9018(1997)27:12<1725:ANMTQS>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A novel method to quantize systems of damped motion is proposed in the frameworks of canonical quantization and path integral quantization. It can be afforded by considering a Lagrangian multiplied by a time-de pendent function, which may represent an effective interaction with '' environment.''