title: Generalized quantum Langevin equations from the forward-backward path integral.
abstract: Kleinert and Shabanov [H. Kleinert and S. V. Shabanov, Phys. Lett. A 200, 224 (1995)] have derived the quantum Langevin equations from the Feynman-Vernon forward-backward path integral for a density matrix of a quantum system in a thermal oscillator bath. However, their derivation is confined to an Ohmic case. In this paper we derive the generalized quantum Langevin equations from the forward-backward path integral, by extending the Kleinert-Shabanov method to a general case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsusaka