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The Feynman path integral does not allow a "one real path" interpretation, because amplitudes contribute to probabilities in a non-separable manner. The opposite extreme, "all paths happen", is not a useful or informative account. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-01-13 K. B. Wharton

We consider Dirac fermion confined in harmonic potential and submitted to a constant magnetic field. The corresponding solutions of the energy spectrum are obtained by using the path integral techniques. For this, we begin by establishing a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-05-06 Abdeldjalil Merdaci , Ahmed Jellal , Lyazid Chetouani

For distinguishable particles it is well known that Brownian motion and a Feynman-Kac functional can be used to calculate the path integral (for imaginary times) for a general class of scalar potentials. In order to treat identical…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 L. F. Lemmens , F. Brosens , J. T. Devreese

We construct a path distribution representing the kinetic part of the Feynman path integral at discrete times similar to that defined by Thomas [1], but on a Hilbert space of paths rather than a nuclear sequence space. We also consider…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-10-30 Mathieu Beau , T. C. Dorlas

The path integral for space-time noncommutative theory is formulated by means of Schwinger's action principle which is based on the equations of motion and a suitable ansatz of asymptotic conditions. The resulting path integral has…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Kazuo Fujikawa

Continuous time Feynman-Kac measures on path spaces are central in applied probability, partial differential equation theory, as well as in quantum physics. This article presents a new duality formula between normalized Feynman-Kac…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-06-25 Marc Arnaudon , Pierre del Moral

Entwined space-time paths are bound pairs of trajectories which are traversed in opposite directions with respect to macroscopic time. In this paper we show that ensembles of entwined paths on a discrete space-time lattice are simply…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 G. N. Ord , R. B. Mann

Spin is a fundamental degree of freedom, whose existence was proven by Dirac for an electron by imposing the relativity to quantum mechanics, leading to the triumph to derive the Dirac equation. Spin of a photon should be linked to…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-23 Shinichi Saito

For the special case of freely evolving Dirac electrons in $1 + 1$ dimensions, Feynman checkerboard paths have previously been used to derive Wigner's arrival-time distribution which includes all arrivals. Here, an attempt is made to use…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-11-28 D. Alonso , R. Sala Mayato , C. R. Leavens

The article describes a relation between the fundamental solutions of Dirac's equations for free electron and electron in given electromagnetic field viewed as functionals on bump functions. We explain how classical relativistic mechanics…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 A. A. Beilinson

In this work, we have obtained the solutions of the (1 + 1) dimensional Dirac equation on a gravitational background within the generalized uncertainty principle. We have shown that how minimal length parameters effect the Dirac particle in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-04-18 Ozlem Yesiltas

A path integral representation of the evolution operator for the four-dimensional Dirac equation is proposed. A quadratic form of the canonical momenta regularizes the original representation of the path integral in the electron phase…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Alexander S. Lukyanenko , Inna A. Lukyanenko

Dirac's equation of the electron will be discussed by using quaternions as the basis of a new formalism which seems to be very well adapted to the problem. The transformation properties of the equations as well as the invariant and…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Cornelius Lanczos

Based on the results of F. Wilf on the need to take into account the quantum-mechanical correspondence rules in the Dirac equation for an electron, it was shown that the equation obtained by giving physical meaning to $\alpha$-Dirac…

General Physics · Physics 2025-02-28 Serge F. Timashev

We construct fundamental solutions to the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equations on compact manifolds by the time-slicing approximation of the Feynman path integral. We show that the iteration of short-time approximate solutions converges…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-11-03 Shota Fukushima

Quantum walks constitute important tools in different applications, especially in quantum algorithms. To a great extent their usefulness is due to unusual diffusive features, allowing much faster spreading than their classical counterparts.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-09 F. M. Andrade , M. G. E. da Luz

We provide a worldline representation of the one-loop effective action for a Dirac particle coupled to external scalar, pseudoscalar, vector and axialvector fields. Extending previous work by two of the authors on the pure…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-07-01 F. Bastianelli , O. Corradini , J. P. Edwards , D. G. C. McKeon , C. Schubert

Starting from the earlier notions of stationary action principles, we show how Schwinger's Quantum Action Principle descended from Dirac's formulation, which independently led Feynman to his path-integral formulation of quantum mechanics.…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2014-02-18 K. A. Milton

By investigating the Feynman Path Integral we prove that elementary quantum particle dynamics are directly associated to single compact (cyclic) world-line parameters, playing the role of the particles' internal clock, implicit in ordinary…

General Physics · Physics 2022-07-20 Donatello Dolce

Feynman path integrals are now a standard tool in quantum physics and their use in differential geometry leads to new mathematical insights. A logical treatment of quantum phenomena seems to require a sustained mathematical analysis of path…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-04-18 B. R. F. Jefferies