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The derivation of path integrals is reconsidered. It is shown that the expression for the discretized action is not unique, and the path integration domain can be deformed so that at least Gaussian path integrals become probabillistic. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-28 Evgeny A. Polyakov , Alexey N. Rubtsov

we will show the existence and uniqueness of a real-time, time-sliced Feynman path integral for quantum systems with vector potential. Our formulation of the path integral will be derived on the $L^2$ transition probability amplitude via…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Ken Loo

We introduce the Lorentzian path integral of nonlocal quantum gravity. After introducing the functional measure, the Faddeev-Popov sector and the field correlators, we move to perturbation theory and describe Efimov analytic continuation of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-05 Gianluca Calcagni , Leonardo Modesto

The present paper is a short review of different path integral representations of the partition function of quantum spin systems. To begin with, I consider coherent states for SU(2) algebra. Different parameterizations of the coherent…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-11-20 Naoum Karchev

We construct path integral representations for the evolution operator of q-oscillators with root of unity values of q-parameter using Bargmann-Fock representations with commuting and non-commuting variables, the differential calculi being…

q-alg · Mathematics 2009-10-28 M. Chaichian , A. P. Demichev

We consider Euclidean path integrals with higher derivative actions, including those that depend quadratically on acceleration, velocity and position. Such path integrals arise naturally in the study of stiff polymers, membranes with…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-01-23 David S. Dean , Bing Miao , Rudi Podgornik

The manner in which probability amplitudes of paths sum up to form wave functions of a harmonic oscillator, as well as other, simple 1-dimensional problems, is described. Using known, closed-form, path-based propagators for each problem, an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-18 Randall M. Feenstra

We present a new formulation for the emergence of classical dynamics in a quantum world by considering a path integral approach that also incorporates continuous measurements. Our program is conceptually different from the decoherence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-23 Harsh Arora , Bishal Kumar Das , Baladitya Suri , Vaibhav Madhok

Using noncommutative deformed canonical commutation relations, a model describing a noncommutative complex scalar field theory is considered. Using the path integral formalism, the noncommutative free and exact propagators are calculated to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-09-23 Farid Khelili

Basing on the canonical quantization of a BRS invariant Lagrangian, we construct holomorphic representation of path integrals for Faddeev-Popov(FP) ghosts as well as for unphysical degrees of the gauge field from covariant operator…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Seiji Sakoda

We consider random conformally invariant paths in the complex plane (SLEs). Using the Coulomb gas method in conformal field theory, we rederive the mixed multifractal exponents associated with both the harmonic measure and winding (rotation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-06-10 Bertrand Duplantier , Ilia Binder

Path integral contour deformations have been shown to mitigate sign and signal-to-noise problems associated with phase fluctuations in lattice field theories. We define a family of contour deformations applicable to $SU(N)$ lattice gauge…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2021-06-02 William Detmold , Gurtej Kanwar , Henry Lamm , Michael L. Wagman , Neill C. Warrington

We investigate the properties of the path integral over reparametrizations (= the boundary value of the Liouville field in open string theory). Discretizing the path integral, we apply the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm to numerical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-28 Pavel Buividovich , Yuri Makeenko

The very early universe is understood in terms of quantum field theories on curved spacetime, where the classical background spacetime is typically an FLRW cosmology and the quantum fields which propagate on it include gravitational waves…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-22 Alice Di Tucci

It is apparent to anyone who thinks about it that, to a large degree, the basic concepts of Newtonian physics are quite intuitive, but quantum mechanics is not. My purpose in this talk is to introduce you to a new, much more intuitive way…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-02-12 Marvin Weinstein

We develop a new way to analytically calculate loop integrals in the Effective Field Theory of Large Scale-Structure. Previous available methods show severe limitations beyond the one-loop power spectrum due to analytical challenges and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-15 Charalampos Anastasiou , Diogo P. L. Bragança , Leonardo Senatore , Henry Zheng

Feynman's path integral is herein generalized to the nonextensive canonical density matrix based on Tsallis entropy. This generalization is done in two ways by using unnormalized and normalized constraints. Firstly, we consider the path…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 E. K. Lenzi , L. C. Malacarne , R. S. Mendes

We consider the Euclidean path integral approach to higher-derivative theories proposed by Hawking and Hertog (Phys. Rev. D65 (2002), 103515). The Pais-Uhlenbeck oscillator is studied in some detail. The operator algebra is reconstructed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-05-09 Krzysztof Andrzejewski , Joanna Gonera , Pawel Maslanka

We present a new approach based on real time domain Feynman path integrals (RTPI) for electronic structure calculations and quantum dynamics, which includes correlations between particles exactly but within the numerical accuracy. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-10-09 Ilkka Ruokosenmäki , Hosein Gholizade , Ilkka Kylänpää , Tapio T. Rantala

We study the high-temperature behavior of quantum-mechanical path integrals. Starting from the Feynman-Kac formula, we derive a new functional representation of the Wigner-Kirkwood perturbation expansion for quantum Boltzmann densities. As…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-01-24 Petr Jizba , Vaclav Zatloukal