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We present a time-dependent variational approach with the multiple Davydov $D_2$ trial state to simulate the dynamics of light-matter systems when the field is in a coherent state with an arbitrary finite mean photon number. The variational…

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We revisit the path integral description of quantum tunneling and lay the groundwork for its generalization to excites states through real-time path integral techniques. For clarity, we focus on the simple toy model of a point particle in a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-30 Thomas Steingasser , David I. Kaiser

A simple, often invoked, regularization scheme of quantum mechanical path integrals in curved space is mode regularization: one expands fields into a Fourier series, performs calculations with only the first $M$ modes, and at the end takes…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-25 Fiorenzo Bastianelli , Koenraad Schalm , Peter van Nieuwenhuizen

When suitably generalized and interpreted, the path-integral offers an alternative to the more familiar quantal formalism based on state-vectors, selfadjoint operators, and external observers. Mathematically one generalizes the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Rafael D. Sorkin

The saddle points of a conventional Feynman path integral are not entangled, since they comprise a sequence of classical field configurations. We combine insights from field theory and tensor networks by constructing a Feynman path integral…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-07-08 A. G. Green , C. A. Hooley , J. Keeling , S. H. Simon

Quantum mechanical phase space path integrals are re-examined with regard to the physical interpretation of the phase space variables involved. It is demonstrated that the traditional phase space path integral implies a meaning for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 John R. Klauder

Starting from the Pauli Hamiltonian operator, we derive a scalar quantum kinetic equations for spin-1/2 systems. Here the regular Wigner two-state matrix is replaced by a scalar distribution function in extended phase space. Apart from…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2010-04-21 Jens Zamanian , Mattias Marklund , Gert Brodin

We show that a class of matrix theories can be understood as an extension of quantum field theory which has non-local interactions. This reformulation is based on the Wigner-Weyl transformation, and the interactions take the form of Moyal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-06-28 Andrzej Banburski , Jaron Lanier , Vasudev Shyam , Lee Smolin , Yigit Yargic

The discrete time path integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) with a one-particle density matrix approximation is applied to study the quantum phase transition in the coupled double-well chain. To improve the convergence properties, the exact action…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-25 Dong-Hee Kim , Yu-Cheng Lin , Heiko Rieger

A review of fundamentals and physical applications of fractional quantum mechanics has been presented. Fundamentals cover fractional Schr\"odinger equation, quantum Riesz fractional derivative, path integral approach to fractional quantum…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-09-29 Nick Laskin

In this paper, we survey recent progress on the constructive theory of the Feynman operator calculus. (The theory is constructive in that, operators acting at different times, actually commute.) We first develop an operator version of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-01-27 Tepper L Gill , Woodford W Zachary

The core of this thesis is the path-integral formulation of quantum field theory and its ability to describe strongly-coupled quantum many-body systems of finite size. Collective behaviors can be efficiently described in such systems…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-03-17 Kilian Fraboulet

We propose a formulation of an absorbing boundary for a quantum particle. The formulation is based on a Feynman-type integral over trajectories that are confined by the absorbing boundary. Trajectories that reach the absorbing wall are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Marchewka , Z. Schuss

The Wigner-Weyl- Moyal approach to Quantum Mechanics is recalled, and similarities to classical probability theory emphasised. The Wigner distribution function is generalised and viewed as a construction of a bosonic object, a target space…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 D. B. Fairlie

The new numerical approach for consideration of quantum dynamics and calculations of the average values of quantum operators and time correlation functions in the Wigner representation of quantum statistical mechanics has been developed.…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-31 V. Filinov , Yu. Lozovik , A. Filinov , I. Zacharov , A. Oparin

The path integral quantization method is applied to a relativistically covariant version of the Hopfield model, which represents a very interesting mesoscopic framework for the description of the interaction between quantum light and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-03-23 F. Belgiorno , S. L. Cacciatori , F. Dalla Piazza , M. Doronzo

The path integral is calculated for the statistical sum of the microcanonical ensemble in a generic time-parametrization invariant gravitational model with the Friedman-Robertson-Walker (FRW) metric. This represents the first example of a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-09-28 A. O. Barvinsky

The path integral formulation in quantum mechanics corresponds to the first quantization since it is just to rewrite the quantum mechanical amplitude into many dimensional integrations over discretized coordinates $x_n$. However, the path…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-01-15 Takehisa Fujita

One of several possibilities to construct a quantum theory of gravity is employing the Feynman path integral. This approach is plagued by some problems: the integration measure is not uniquely defined, the Einstein-Hilbert action unbounded,…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2008-02-03 J. Riedler

Starting from the canonical formalism of relativistic (timeless) quantum mechanics, the formulation of timeless path integral is rigorously derived. The transition amplitude is reformulated as the sum, or functional integral, over all…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-16 Dah-Wei Chiou