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Feynman's path integral is generalized to quantum mechanics on p-adic space and time. Such p-adic path integral is analytically evaluated for quadratic Lagrangians. Obtained result has the same form as that one in ordinary quantum…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Branko Dragovich

The essence of the path integral method in quantum physics can be expressed in terms of two relations between unitary propagators, describing perturbations of the underlying system. They inherit the causal structure of the theory and its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-20 Detlev Buchholz , Klaus Fredenhagen

Feynman's path integrals in ordinary, p-adic and adelic quantum mechanics are considered. The corresponding probability amplitudes $ K(x^{"},t^{"};x',t')$ for two-dimensional systems with quadratic Lagrangians are evaluated analytically and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-12-01 Branko Dragovich

We study different aspects the worldline path integrals with gauge fields using quantum computing. We use the Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) and Evolution of Hamiltonian (EOH) quantum algorithms and IBM QISKit to perform our…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-19 Yuan Feng , Michael McGuigan

We provide a new paradigm for quantum simulation that is based on path integration that allows quantum speedups to be observed for problems that are more naturally expressed using the path integral formalism rather than the conventional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-15 Serene Shum , Nathan Wiebe

Path integrals for particles in curved spaces can be used to compute trace anomalies in quantum field theories, and more generally to study properties of quantum fields coupled to gravity in first quantization. While their construction in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-04-26 Fiorenzo Bastianelli , Olindo Corradini , Edoardo Vassura

We discuss the time-continuous path integration in the coherent states basis in a way that is free from inconsistencies. Employing this notion we reproduce known and exact results working directly in the continuum. Such a formalism can set…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-24 G. Kordas , S. I. Mistakidis , A. I. Karanikas

The path-integral formulation of the statistical mechanics of quantum many-body systems is described, with the purpose of introducing practicaltechniques for the simulation of solids. Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics methods for…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-03-11 Carlos P. Herrero , Rafael Ramirez

Quantum tunneling in a many-body system is much more non-trivial than that in a one-body system. The most characteristic phenomenon is the mixed tunneling, which has been studied in many fields for decades. For instance, let us consider a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-11 Yutaro Shoji

An analysis of classical mechanics in a complex extension of phase space shows that a particle in such a space can behave in a way redolant of quantum mechanics; additional degrees of freedom permit 'tunnelling' without recourse to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-02-21 Ray J. Rivers

I study several aspects of the path(st) integral we formulated in previous papers on energetic causal sets with Cortes and others. The focus here is on quantum field theories, including the standard model of particle physics. I show that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-29 Lee Smolin

The alternative dynamics of loop quantum cosmology is examined by the path integral formulation. We consider the spatially flat FRW models with a massless scalar field, where the alternative quantization inherit more features from full loop…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-05 Li Qin , Guo Deng , Yongge Ma

The Feynman Path Integral is extended in order to capture all solutions of a quantum field theory. This is done via a choice of appropriate integration cycles, parametrized by M in SL(2,C), i.e., the space of allowed integration cycles is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-13 D. D. Ferrante , G. S. Guralnik , Z. Guralnik , C. Pehlevan

These lectures discuss the formulation of quantum mechanics with fractional spin and statistics in 2+1 dimensions in a relativistic setting, emphasizing the path-integral approach. The non-relativistic theory is reviewed from a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Stefano Forte

The path integral formulation of constrained systems leads to obtain the equations of motion as total differential equations in many variables. If these equations are integrable then one can constuct a valid and a canonical phase space…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sami I. Muslih

Phase-space path-integrals are used in order to illustrate various aspects of a recently proposed interpretation of quantum mechanics as a gauge theory of metaplectic spinor fields.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Reuter

Although the Hamiltonian formalism is so far favored for quantum computation of lattice gauge theory, the path integral formalism would never be useless. The advantages of the path integral formalism are the knowledge and experience…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-12 Arata Yamamoto

The path integral approach to quantum mechanics provides a method of quantization of dynamical systems directly from the Lagrange formalism. In field theory the method presents some advantages over Hamiltonian quantization. The Lagrange…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Asorey , A. Ibort , G. Marmo

The path integral approach to quantum mechanics requires a substantial generalisation to describe the dynamics of systems confined to bounded domains. Non-local boundary conditions can be introduced in Feynman's approach by means of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Asorey , J. Clemente-Gallardo , J. M. Munoz-Castaneda

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