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We will derive a rigorous real time propagator for the Non-relativistic Quantum Mechanic $L^2$ transition probability amplitude and for the Non-relativistic wave function. The propagator will be explicitly given in terms of the time…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Ken Loo

The numerical algorithm of the inverse quantum scattering is developed. This algorithm is based on the Marchenko theory, and includes three steps. The first one is the algebraic Pade approximation of the unitary S-matrix, what is realized…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 N. A. Khokhlov , V. A. Knyr

We develop a scattering theory to investigate the multi-photon transmission in a one-dimensional waveguide in the presence of quantum emitters. It is based on a path integral formalism, uses displacement transformations, and does not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-25 Tao Shi , Darrick E. Chang , J. Ignacio Cirac

We propose a trajectory-based quasiclassical method for approximating dynamics in condensed phase systems. Building upon the previously developed Optimized Mean Trajectory (OMT) approximation that has been used to compute linear and…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-08-23 Kritanjan Polley

We extend the notion of the transfer matrix of potential scattering to a large class of long-range potentials $v(x)$ and derive its basic properties. We outline a dynamical formulation of the time-independent scattering theory for this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-23 Farhang Loran , Ali Mostafazadeh

Representation of the elastic scattering amplitude in the form of the path integral is obtained using the stationary Schroedinger equation. A few methods of evaluation of path integrals for large coupling constants are formulated. The…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 G. V. Efimov

A recent proposal to connect the loop quantization with the spin foam model for cosmology via the path integral is hereby adapted to the case of mechanical systems within the framework of the so called polymer quantum mechanics. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-03-31 Hugo A. Morales-Técotl , Saeed Rastgoo , Juan C. Ruelas

In order to solve an initial value problem by the variational iteration method, a sequence of functions is produced which converges to the solution under some suitable conditions. In the nonlinear case, after a few iterations the terms of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-06-23 Davod Khojasteh Salkuyeh , Ali Tavakoli

A new method is proposed for fitting non-relativistic binary-scattering data and for extracting the parameters of possible quantum resonances in the compound system that is formed during the collision. The method combines the well-known…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-17 P. Vaandrager , M. L. Lekala , S. A. Rakityansky

Using the new variational approach proposed recently for a systematic improvement of the locally harmonic Feynman-Kleinert approximation to path integrals we calculate the partition function of the anharmonic oscillator for all temperatures…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 H. Kleinert , H. Meyer

We apply to the nucleon-nucleus inelastic process a fully coherent microscopic multiple scattering approach. Our study addresses the complexities inherent in characterizing inelastic scattering events, offering a comprehensive theoretical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-30 Matteo Vorabbi , Michael Gennari , Paolo Finelli , Carlotta Giusti , Petr Navrátil

The use of variational method in functional integral approach is discussed for fermion and boson systems with Coulomb interaction. The formal general expression of thermodynamic potential is obtained by Feynman path integral technique and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-24 Ilmars Madzhulis , Vilnis Frishfelds

Rendering highly scattering participating media using brute force path tracing is a challenge. The diffusion approximation reduces the problem to solving a simple linear partial differential equation. Flux-limited diffusion introduces…

Graphics · Computer Science 2018-07-03 David Koerner , Jamie Portsmouth , Wenzel Jakob

The aim of the presented research is to give a rigorous mathematical approach to Feynman path integrals based on strong (pathwise) approximations based on simple random walks.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-03-22 Tamás Szabados

We give a pedagogical introduction to time-independent scattering theory in one dimension focusing on the basic properties and recent applications of transfer matrices. In particular, we begin surveying some basic notions of potential…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-23 Ali Mostafazadeh

Variational methods are employed in situations where exact Bayesian inference becomes intractable due to the difficulty in performing certain integrals. Typically, variational methods postulate a tractable posterior and formulate a lower…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-06-12 Nikolaos Gianniotis , Christoph Schnörr , Christian Molkenthin , Sanjay Singh Bora

We discuss path integrals for quantum mechanics with a potential which is a perturbation of the upside-down oscillator. We express the path integral (in the real time) by the Wiener measure. We obtain the Feynman integral for perturbations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-23 Z. Haba

A rigorous theory of diffraction scattering from extended objects is proposed. The present theory is based on a multiple asymptotic expansion of an integral equation for the exact wave function in terms of the large parameters of the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-06-17 Gennady V. Kovalev

Purpose: The scattering phenomenon creates degrading effects in positron emission tomography (PET) and the corresponding events are rejected conventionally. We have proposed a mathematical model to retrace the original line of response of…

Medical Physics · Physics 2022-04-05 Satyajit Ghosh , Pragya Das

A formulation of variational principles in terms of functional integrals is proposed for any type of local plastic potentials. The minimization problem is reduced to the computation of a path integral. This integral can be used as a…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2008-04-17 Y. -P. Pellegrini , M. Barthelemy , G. Perrin