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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…

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Discrete-time quantum walk in one-dimension is studied from a path-integral perspective. This enables derivation of a closed-form expression for amplitudes corresponding to any coin-position basis of the state vector of the quantum walker…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-02 Karthik S. Joshi , S. K. Srivatsa , R. Srikanth

The influence functional is derived for a massive scalar field in the ground state, coupled to a uniformly accelerating DeWitt monopole detector in $D+1$ dimensional Minkowski space. This confirms the local nature of the Unruh effect, and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 J. R. Anglin

The computation of anomalies in quantum field theory may be carried out by evaluating path integral Jacobians, as first shown by Fujikawa. The evaluation of these Jacobians can be cast in the form of a quantum mechanical problem, whose…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 Fiorenzo Bastianelli

We consider the entanglement dynamics between two Unruh-DeWitt detectors at rest separated at a distance $d$. This simple model when analyzed properly in quantum field theory shows many interesting facets and helps to dispel some…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-04-15 Shih-Yuin Lin , B. L. Hu

Feynman's path integral approach is studied in the framework of the Wigner-Dunkl deformation of quantum mechanics. We start with reviewing some basics from Dunkl theory and investigate the time evolution of a Gaussian wave packet, which…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-01-30 Georg Junker

We investigate unitarily inequivalent representations of the algebra of operators in quantum field theory in the cases where there is a Fock representation of the commutation relations. We examine more closely the operational definition of…

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We study approximate solutions of the Wheeler DeWitt (WdW) equation and compare them with the standard results of cosmological perturbation theory. In mini-superspace, we introduce a dimensionless gravitational coupling $\alpha$ that is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-23 Federico Piazza , Siméon Vareilles

Moving detectors in relativistic quantum field theories reveal the fundamental entangled structure of the vacuum which manifests, for instance, through its thermal character when probed by a uniformly accelerated detector. In this paper, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-21 Benjamin Roussel , Alexandre Feller

In recent years, the presence of local potentials has significantly enriched and diversified the entanglement patterns in monitored free fermion systems. In our approach, we employ the stochastic Schr\"odinger equation to simulate a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-09 Yu-Jun Zhao , Xuyang Huang , Yi-Rui Zhang , Han-Ze Li , Jian-Xin Zhong

The model of Unruh-DeWitt detector coupled to the scalar field for finite time is studied. A systematic way of computing finite time corrections in various cases is suggested and nonperturbative effects like thermalization are discussed. It…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-06 V. Shevchenko

Does the measurement of a quantum system necessarily break Lorentz invariance? We present a simple model of a detector that measures the spacetime localization of a relativistic particle in a Lorentz invariant manner. The detector does not…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Donald Marolf , Carlo Rovelli

In previous articles we have developed a theory of down conversion in nonlinear crystals, based on the Wigner representation of the radiation field. Taking advantage of the fact that the Wigner function is always positive in parametric down…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alberto Casado , Trevor Marshall , Ramon Risco-Delgado , Emilio Santos

In this work, we study the Quantum Field Theory version of the higher derivative Pais-Uhlenbeck oscillator. We quantize canonically this system and construct its Fock space, as well as study its path integral. We demonstrate that the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-11-06 Jose A. R. Cembranos , Eric G. Hemon , Juan J. Sanz-Cillero

We review equivariant localization techniques for the evaluation of Feynman path integrals. We develop systematic geometric methods for studying the semi-classical properties of phase space path integrals for dynamical systems, emphasizing…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Richard J. Szabo

We study path integration on a quantum computer that performs quantum summation. We assume that the measure of path integration is Gaussian, with the eigenvalues of its covariance operator of order j^{-k} with k>1. For the Wiener measure…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. F. Traub , H. Wozniakowski

The interaction between localized emitters and quantum fields, both in relativistic settings and in the case of ultra-strong couplings, requires non-perturbative methods beyond the rotating-wave approximation. In this work we employ…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-31 Robert H. Jonsson , Johannes Knörzer

In this paper we describe two approaches that allow to calculate some thermal features as perceived by different observers in curved spacetimes: the tunnelling method and the Unruh-DeWitt detector. The tunnelling phenomenon is a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-01-16 Giovanni Acquaviva

In this paper the Feynman path integral technique is applied to two-dimensional spaces of non-constant curvature: these spaces are called Darboux spaces $\DI$--$\DIV$. We start each consideration in terms of the metric and then analyze the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Christian Grosche

We follow the Feynman procedure to obtain a path integral formulation of loop quantum cosmology starting from the Hilbert space framework. Quantum geometry effects modify the weight associated with each path so that the effective measure on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-01-25 Abhay Ashtekar , Miguel Campiglia , Adam Henderson