Modern Physics Letters B
QUANTUM STOCHASTIC LIOUVILLE EQUATION OF ITO TYPE
Takeshi Saito, Toshihico Arimitsu
Abstract
The quantum stochastic Liouville equation of Ito type is derived, for the first time, within Nonequilibrium Thermo Field Dynamics (NETFD), a unified canonical formalism for dissipative and/or stochastic fields. With the stochastic time-evolution generator of Ito type, the whole framework is inspected. Since most of the mathematical formulations of noncommutative stochastic variables are based on the equations of Ito type, the construction of the quantum stochastic Liouville equation has been highly desired. It is expected that the unified framework may provide us with a deeper insight for the mathematical foundation of quantum stochastic variables as well as for the physical one.