Physics Forums (http://www.physicsforums.com/index.php)
-   Classical Physics (http://www.physicsforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=61)
-   -   How go from Langevin to Hamilton (http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=672878)

 fab333 Feb19-13 07:20 AM

How go from Langevin to Hamilton

I have a system described by the Langevin equation

da/dt = - dF/da* + r

where a are complex amplitudes of electromagnetic modes (and r is the white noise).
How if F was real, it would be the Hamiltonian of the system, but in my case (and in general),
F is complex (because the a are complex themselves).
So F cannot be an Hamiltonian.
How can I obtain a Hamiltonian formulation of this problem?

P.S.: my first idea was to write to separate equation for the real and imaginary parts of a.
But in this case I obtain two Hamiltonian, both depending on both Re[a] and Im[a],
so which is the Hamiltonian of the system?
If e.g. I want to use a Gibbs measure for a, what I must use?

 All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:39 PM.