Path integral method applied to the Brownian rotation of a symmetric top (Q1116188)

The conditional probability density function in angular velocities space is obtained in an exact and closed expression for a symmetric top undergoing Brownian motion. The distribution turns out to be non- gaussian. We obtain the distribution function by shifting the problem of solving stochastic differential equations to the problem of solving ordinary differential equations. This is done using the method of path integrals developed by Feynman and Hibbs for quantum mechanics.