A Derivation of Geometric Quantization via Feynman's Path Integral on Phase Space
Symplectic Geometry
2024-05-28 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Quantum Algebra
Abstract
We derive the geometric quantization program of symplectic manifolds, in the sense of both Kostant-Souriau and Weinstein, from Feynman's path integral formulation on phase space. The state space we use contains states with negative norm and polarized sections determine a Hilbert space. We discuss ambiguities in the definition of path integrals arising from the distinct Riemann sum prescriptions and its consequence on the quantization of symplectomorphisms.
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@article{arxiv.2405.17273,
title = {A Derivation of Geometric Quantization via Feynman's Path Integral on Phase Space},
author = {Joshua Lackman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.17273},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
10 pages plus appendix and references