Dissipative scalar field theory: a covariant formulation

DOI10.1007/S10773-015-2677-0MaRDI QIDQ267322zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. Refaei, Fardin Kheirandish

Publication date 8 April 2016

Published in International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.06594

zbMATH Keywords

reservoirquantizationcoupling functioncovariantdissipationnoninteractingscalar fieldsusceptibility function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Green's functions for elliptic equations (35J08) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

Abstract: Caldeira-Leggett model of reservoir is generalized to a reservoir modeled by a continuum of real Klein-Gordon fields, instead of harmonic oscillators. A quantum Langevin type dissipative equation is obtained for the scalar field. The susceptibility of the medium is defined in terms of the reservoir Green's function and the coupling function satisfying causality condition. The connection between the coupling function and the susceptibility of the medium is found to be a Hankel transform from which the coupling function can be determined in terms of the susceptibility of the medium. Noise currents and their fluctuation-dissipation relation are obtained. In a homogeneous medium or reservoir, explicit form of the quantum scalar field, and its large-time limit, are found.

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