Phys. Rev. A 58, 4330–4335 (1998)Quantization of non-Hamiltonian physical systemsReceived 12 June 1998; published in the issue dated December 1998 We propose a general method of quantization of non-Hamiltonian physical systems. Applying it, for example, to a dissipative system coupled to a thermal reservoir described by the Fokker-Planck equation, we are able to obtain the Caldeira-Leggett master equation, the nonlinear Schrödinger-Langevin equation, and the Caldirola-Kanai equation (with an additional term), as particular cases. © 1998 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.58.4330
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.58.4330
PACS:
03.65.-w, 05.30.-d, 05.40.+j, 52.65.Ff
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