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Spin Observables and Path Integrals

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We discuss the formulation of spin observables associated to a non-relativistic spinning particles in terms of grassmanian differential operators. We use as configuration space variables for the pseudo-classical description of this system the positions xx and a Grassmanian vector ϵ\vec\epsilon. We consider an explicit discretization procedure to obtain the quantum amplitudes as path integrals in this superspace. We compute the quantum action necessary for this description including an explicit expression for the boundary terms. Finally we shown how for simple examples, the path integral may be performed in the semi-classical approximation, leading to the correct quantum propagator.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0001220,
  title  = {Spin Observables and Path Integrals},
  author = {J. A. Lopez and J. Stephany},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0001220},
  year   = {2007}
}

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17 pages