https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2005-02401-0
Theoretical Physics
An alternative approach to canonical quantizationof the radiation damping
Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 36036-330, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil
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Abstract
Inspired by some works on quantization of dissipative systems, in particular the ones treating the damped harmonic oscillator and by a paper due to Lukierski, we consider the dissipative system of a charge interacting with its own radiation, which is the origin of radiation damping. Using the indirect Lagrangian representation we obtained a Lagrangian formalism with a Chern-Simons-like term. A Hamiltonian analysis is also done in commutative and non-commutative scenarios, which leads to the quantization of the system.
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