Quantization of non-Lagrangian systems

DOI10.1142/S0217751X0904748XMaRDI QIDQ3401615zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Denis Kochan

Publication date 30 January 2010

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.1863

zbMATH Keywords

dissipative quantizationnon-Lagrangian systemspath vs surface integralumbilical strings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

Abstract: A novel functional integral formulation of quantum mechanics for non-Lagrangian systems is presented. The new approach, which we call "stringy quantization," is based solely on classical equations of motion and is free of any ambiguity arising from Lagrangian and/or Hamiltonian formulation of the theory. The functionality of the proposed method is demonstrated on several examples. Special attention is paid to the stringy quantization of systems with a general A-power friction force $-kappa[dotq{]}^A$. Results for $A=1$ are compared with those obtained in the approaches by Caldirola-Kanai, Bateman and Kostin. Relations to the Caldeira-Leggett model and to the Feynman-Vernon approach are discussed as well.

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