Finite temperature field from stochastic mechanics

Stochastic mechanics of Nelson when generalized to positive temperature for a scalar field, gives rise to a stochastic field which appears to be a hybrid of euclidean and minkowskian field if the usual value of the diffusion parameter is taken. The stochastic process associated with it is a gaussian non-Markov process. The thermal expectations of this stochastic field fails to satisfy the KMS periodic condition. If the diffusion parameter is allowed to continue analytically to a purely imaginary value, the resulting field can be identified with the usual finite temperature quantum field in minkowskian space-time. The relation of this field with that of thermo field dynamics is discussed.