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Feynman Integrals with Absorbing Boundaries

Quantum Physics 2009-10-30 v1 Condensed Matter

Abstract

We propose a formulation of an absorbing boundary for a quantum particle. The formulation is based on a Feynman-type integral over trajectories that are confined to the non-absorbing region. Trajectories that reach the absorbing wall are discounted from the population of the surviving trajectories with a certain weighting factor. Under the assumption that absorbed trajectories do not interfere with the surviving trajectories, we obtain a time dependent absorption law. Two examples are worked out.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9708034,
  title  = {Feynman Integrals with Absorbing Boundaries},
  author = {A. Marchewka and Z. Schuss},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9708034},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, revtex