Ford, G. W. The quantum Langevin equation from the independent-oscillator model. (English) Zbl 0656.60074 Quantum probability and applications III, Proc. Conf., Oberwolfach/FRG 1987, Lect. Notes Math. 1303, 103-106 (1988). [For the entire collection see Zbl 0627.00022.] Consider the quantum Langevin equation for the position operator x(t) of a Brownian particle in an extended potential V(x) \[ m\ddot x+\int^{t}_{-\infty}\mu (t-t')\dot x(t')dt'+V'(x)=F(t), \] where the coupling to the heat bath is characterized by a friction or radiation- reaction force (with memory function \(\mu\) (t)) and by a random Gaussian operator force F(t) with (symmetric) correlation \[ 2^{- 1}<F(t)F(t')+F(t')F(t)>=\pi^{-1}\int^{\infty}_{0}[Re({\bar \mu}(\omega +i0^+))]\hslash \omega \coth (\hslash \omega /2kT)\cos \omega (t-t')d\omega. \] The term in square brackets completely characterizes the Langevin equation. The paper shows that this model can be derived on the basis of the independent-oscillator model of the heat bath, where the Brownian particle is coupled with springs to a large number of surrounding bath particles. Reviewer: C.A.Braumann Cited in 1 ReviewCited in 2 Documents MSC: 60H99 Stochastic analysis Keywords:quantum Langevin equation; coupling; independent-oscillator model Citations:Zbl 0627.00022 PDFBibTeX XML