Stochastic variational method as quantization scheme: Field quantization of the complex Klein–Gordon equation
T. Koide, T. Kodama · Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics · 2015
The stochastic variational method (SVM) is the generalization of the variational approach to systems described by stochastic variables. In this paper, we investigate the applicability of SVM as an alternative field-quantization scheme, by considering the complex Klein–Gordon equation. There, the Euler–Lagrangian equation for the stochastic field variables leads to the functional Schrödinger equation, which can be interpreted as the Euler (ideal fluid) equation in the functional space. The present formulation is a quantization scheme based on commutable variables, so that there appears no ambiguity associated with the ordering of operators, e.g., in the definition of Noether charges.