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The Feynman path integral for nonrelativistic quantum electrodynamics is studied mathematically of a standard model in physics, where the electromagnetic potential is assumed to be periodic with respect to a large box and quantized thorough…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-09-25 Wataru Ichinose

We remark that the often ignored quantum probability current is fundamental for a genuine understanding of scattering phenomena and, in particular, for the statistics of the time and position of the first exit of a quantum particle from a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 M. Daumer , D. Duerr , S. Goldstein , N. Zanghi

We perform a thorough analysis of the relationship between discrete and series representation path integral methods, which are the main numerical techniques used in connection with the Feynman-Kac formula. First, a new interpretation of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Cristian Predescu , J. D. Doll

By means of the Ito-Nisio theorem, we introduce and discuss a general approach to series representations of path integrals. We then argue that the optimal basis for both ``primitive'' and partial averaged approaches is the Wiener…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Cristian Predescu , J. D. Doll

Feynman contended that the double-slit experiment contained the `only mystery' in quantum mechanics. The mystery was that electrons traverse the interferometer as waves, but are detected as particles. This note was motivated by the question…

General Physics · Physics 2012-01-26 R. N. Sen

In the experiments considered here, we measure the y-component of momentum for a particle passing through a system of slits. The source-slit system is the preparation apparatus that determines the state vector. Recognizing that a system of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Thomas V Marcella

Direct numerical evaluation of the real-time path integral has a well-known sign problem that makes convergence exponentially slow. One promising remedy is to use Picard-Lefschetz theory to flow the domain of the field variables into the…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2019-06-19 Zong-Gang Mou , Paul M. Saffin , Anders Tranberg , Simon Woodward

In this master thesis, a new approximation scheme to non-relativistic potential scattering is developed and discussed. The starting points are two exact path integral representations of the T-matrix, which permit the application of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2010-01-15 Julien Carron

We discuss a progress in calculation of Feynman integrals which has been done with help of the Differential Equation Method and demonstrate the results for a class of two-point two-loop diagrams.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 A. V. Kotikov

In these notes, the application of Feynman's sum-over-paths approach to thermal phase transitions is discussed. The paradigm of such a spacetime approach to critical phenomena is provided by the high-temperature expansion of spin models.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-11-23 Wolfhard Janke , Adriaan M. J. Schakel

Wave-particle duality in multi-path interference is fraught with issues despite substantial progress in recent years. It was experimentally shown that in certain specific conditions, getting path information in a multi-path experiment can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-11 Tabish Qureshi

One of the most puzzling consequences of interpreting quantum mechanics in terms of concepts borrowed from classical physics, is the so-called wave-particle duality. Usually, wave-particle duality is illustrated in terms of complementarity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-18 Andrea Aiello

In the present work we introduce a computational approach to the absolute rovibrational quantum partition function using the path-integral formalism of quantum mechanics in combination with the nested sampling technique. The numerical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-22 Bela Szekeres , Livia B. Partay , Edit Matyus

The proper time path integral representation is derived explicitly for an arbitrary $n$-point amplitude in QCD. In the standard perturbation theory the formalism allows to sum up the leading subseries, e.g. yielding double-logarithm Sudakov…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-11-23 Yu. A. Simonov , J. A. Tjon

Long ago appeared a discussion in quantum mechanics of the problem of opening a completely absorbing shutter on which were impinging a stream of particles of definite velocity. The solution of the problem was obtained in a form entirely…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Vladimir Man'ko , Marcos Moshinsky , Anju Sharma

Quantum measurement problem is still unconsensus since it has existed many years and inspired a large of literature in physics and philosophy. We show it can be subsumed into the quantum theory if we extend the Feynman path integral by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-12 Wei Wen

We explore the advantages offered by twin light beams produced in parametric down-conversion for precision measurement. The symmetry of these bipartite quantum states, even under losses, suggests that monitoring correlations between the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-07-20 Hugo Cable , Gabriel A. Durkin

In nuclear and particle physics one is often faced with problems where perturbation theory is not applicable. An example of this is the description of bound states. Therefore, an exact solution of field theory to all orders is an…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Cetin Savkli

By carefully analyzing the relations between operator methods and the discretized and continuum path integral formulations of quantum-mechanical systems, we have found the correct Feynman rules for one-dimensional path integrals in curved…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Jan de Boer , Bas Peeters , Kostas Skenderis , Peter van Nieuwenhuizen

We introduce a photonic integrated circuit solution for the direction-of-arrival estimation in the optical frequency band. The proposed circuit is built on discrete sampling of the phasefront of an incident optical beam and its analog…

Optics · Physics 2025-02-25 Kevin Zelaya , Mohammad-Ali Miri