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A vector field splitting approach is discussed for the systematic derivation of numerical propagators for deterministic dynamics. Based on the formalism, a class of numerical integrators for Langevin dynamics are presented for single and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Simone Melchionna

The simple physics of a free particle reveals important features of the path-integral formulation of relativistic quantum theories. The exact quantum-mechanical propagator is calculated here for a particle described by the simple…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Ian H. Redmount , Wai-Mo Suen

In this paper we consider some new classical effects obtained for a planar electrodynamics with the presence of a higher order derivatives term. The model can be interpreted as a kind of extension for the $3d$ Maxwell-Chern-Simons…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-01-12 L. H. C. Borges , F. A. Barone , H. L. Oliveira

Let $x$ denote a diffusion process defined on a closed compact manifold. In an earlier article, the author introduced a new approach to constructing admissible vector fields on the associated space of paths, under the assumption of…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Denis Bell

In this paper, we construct a $p$-adic path integral via $p$-adic multiple integrals. This integral describes the evolution of a wave function $\Psi(x)$, which is defined as a map from a domain in $\mathbb{C}_{p}$ to $\mathbb{C}_{p}$. We…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-12-19 Su Hu , Min-Soo Kim

A dispersed Dyck path (DDP) of length n is a lattice path on $N\times N$ from (0,0) to (n,0) in which the following steps are allowed: "up" (x, y) $\to$ (x+1, y+1); "down" (x, y) $\to$ (x+1, y-1); and "right" (x,0) $\to$ (x+1,0). An ascent…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-03-07 Kairi Kangro , Mozhgan Pourmoradnasseri , Dirk Oliver Theis

We present an application of automatic differentiation for particle transport through matter using a Geant4-like radiation transport simulation with a full electromagnetic physics model. When differentiating this step-based transport, we…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-05-11 Jeffrey Krupa , Yiyang Zhao , Mihaly Novak , Max Aehle , Max Sagebaum , Long Chen , Nicolas Gauger , Miaoyuan Liu , Lukas Heinrich , Michael Kagan

We simplify and generalize an approach proposed by Di Vecchia and Ravndal to describe a massive Dirac particle in external vector and scalar fields. Two different path integral representations for the propagator are derived systematically…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 C. Alexandrou , R. Rosenfelder , A. W. Schreiber

The propagator of the discrete Schr\"odinger equation is computed and its properties are revealed through a Feynman path summation in discrete space. Initial data problems such as diffraction in discrete space and continuous time are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-11-01 Emerson Sadurní

This paper suggests a new way to compute the path integral for simple quantum mechanical systems. The new algorithm originated from previous research in string theory. However, its essential simplicity is best illustrated in the case of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Ansoldi , A. Aurilia , E. Spallucci

We derive the propagator for a massless, minimally coupled scalar on a $D$-dimensional, spatially flat, homogeneous and isotropic background with arbitrary constant deceleration parameter. Our construction uses the operator formalism, by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-12-18 T. M. Janssen , S. P. Miao , T. Prokopec , R. P. Woodard

In this paper, we propose an extension to the Propagator algorithm for source bearing estimation by performing root decomposition which eliminates the need for spectral search over angles. Further the propagator spatial spectrum is reused…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-27 Pradeep Dheerendra , Zoltan Derzsi

We {\em derive} the exact configuration space path integral, together with the way how to evaluate it, from the Hamiltonian approach for any quantum mechanical system in flat spacetime whose Hamiltonian has at most two momentum operators.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Skenderis , P. van Nieuwenhuizen

We have obtained the exact expression of the diffusion propagator in the time-dependent anharmonic potential $V(x,t)={1/2}a(t)x^2+b\ln x$. The underlying Euclidean metric of the problem allows us to obtain analytical solutions for a whole…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. A. Giampaoli , D. E. Strier , C. Batista , German Drazer , H. S. Wio

In this paper we discuss a closed-form approximation of the likelihood functions of an arbitrary diffusion process. The approximation is based on an exponential ansatz of the transition probability for a finite time step $\Delta t$, and a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2008-12-10 Luca Capriotti

In this paper we address the relation between the star exponentials emerging within the Deformation Quantization formalism and Feynman's path integrals associated with propagators in quantum dynamics. In order to obtain such a relation, we…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-04-22 Jasel Berra-Montiel , Hugo Garcia-Compean , Alberto Molgado

We introduce a deformed version of Dyck paths (DDP), where additional to the steps allowed for Dyck paths, 'jumps' orthogonal to the preferred direction of the path are permitted. We consider the generating function of DDP, weighted with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-02-01 Nils Haug , Adri Olde Daalhuis , Thomas Prellberg

The Feynman Propagator of a charged particle confined to an anisotropic Harmonic Oscillator potential and moving in a crossed electromagnetic field is calculated in a conceptually new way. The calculation is based on the expansion of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-11 Cyril Belardinelli

In this paper, the deformation of the Heisenberg algebra, consistent with both the generalized uncertainty principle and doubly special relativity, has been analyzed. It has been observed that, though this algebra can give rise to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-08-26 Souvik Pramanik , Mir Faizal , Mohamed Moussa , Ahmed Farag Ali

Derivative of a function can be expressed in terms of integration over a small neighborhood of the point of differentiation, so-called differentiation by integration method. In this text a maximal generalization of existing results which…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2019-06-21 Andrej Liptaj