Quantum stochastic differential equations for boson and fermion systems -- method of non-equilibrium thermo field dynamics. (Q1419786)

The authors consider a quantum stochastic Liouville equation of the form \[ d| 0_F (t) \rangle = - i \hat{\mathcal H}_{F,t} dt | 0_F (t) \rangle , \] where \(\hat{\mathcal H}_{F,t}\) is a hat-Hamiltonian for a stochastic semi-free field in the framework of non-equilibrium thermo field dynamics (NETFD), and the subscript \(F\) indicates that the system is under the influence of a random force. They propose to model the random hat-Hamiltonian \(\hat{\mathcal H}_{F,t}\) in the stochastic Liouville equation as \[ \hat{\mathcal H}_{F,t} dt = \hat{H}_t dt + d\hat{M}_t, \] where \(\hat{H}_t\) is a deterministic semi-free hat-Hamiltonian and \(d\hat{M}_t\) is a quantum martingale differential, and from this construction they derive a quantum Langevin equation in the Itô sense. The Liouville and Langevin quantum equations are also formulated using Stratonovich quantum stochastic differentials. The relation between the quantum Langevin equation and the stochastic Liouville equation is similar to the one between the Heisenberg equation and the Schrödinger equation in quantum mechanics and field theory. The corresponding Fokker-Planck equation is derived by taking the random average in the quantum stochastic Liouville equation, while the averaged equation of motion for the expectation value of an arbitrary operator of the system is obtained by taking the random average and the relevant vacuum expectation in the quantum Langevin equation. The irreversibility of a semi-free quantum stochastic process is checked via the corresponding generalized Boltzmann equation, and the relationship between the approach presented here and the Monte-Carlo method of quantum jump simulations is studied.