Projection Operator Approach to Langevin Equations in 4 Theory

DOI10.1143/PTP.107.1001zbMATH Open1005.81043arXivhep-ph/0102272MaRDI QIDQ3147633FDOQ3147633

Authors: T. Koide, Masahiro Maruyama, Fujio Takagi 

Publication date: 25 November 2002

Published in: Progress of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We apply the projection operator method (POM) to $ph{i}^4$ theory and derive both quantum and semiclassical equations of motion for the soft modes. These equations have no time-convolution integral term, in sharp contrast with other well-known results obtained using the influence functional method (IFM) and the closed time path method (CTP). However, except for the fluctuation force field terms, these equations are similar to the corresponding equations obtained using IFM with the linear harmonic approximation, which was introduced to remove the time-convolution integral. The quantum equation of motion in POM can be regarded as a kind of quantum Langevin equation in which the fluctuation force field is given in terms of the operators of the hard modes. These operators are then replaced with c-numbers using a certain procedure to obtain a semiclassical Langevin equation. It is pointed out that there are significant differences between the fluctuation force fields introduced in this paper and those introduced in IFM. The arbitrariness of the definition of the fluctuation force field in IFM is also discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0102272

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zbMATH Keywords

projection operator methodquantum equationssoft modesfluctuation force fieldinfluence functional methodsemiclassical Langevin equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Model quantum field theories (81T10) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26)

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