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In this paper we study the polarization tensor of photons in a QED plasma in the presence of a magnetic field. We do it both at vanishing and at finite temperature. We use two different methods to compute the polarization tensor components…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-28 Ulf H. Danielsson , Dario Grasso

Two-dimensional quantum cromodynamics in the light-front frame is studied following hamiltonian methods. The theory is quantized using the path integral formalism and an effective theory similar to the Nambu-Jona Lasinio model is obtained.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 P. Gaete , J. Gamboa , I. Schmidt

The Faddeev technique is employed to address the problem of describing the influence of both particle-particle and particle-hole phonons on the single-particle self-energy. The scope of the few-body Faddeev equations is extended to describe…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-06 C. Barbieri , W. H. Dickhoff

A numerical algorithm based on the probabilistic path integral approach for solving Schroedinger equation has been devised to treat molecular systems without Born-Oppenheimer approximation in the non relativistic limit at zero temperature…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-28 Sumita Datta

The in-plane photoelectric (IPPE) effect is a recently discovered [Sci. Adv. \textbf{8}, eabi8398 (2022)] quantum phenomenon which enables efficient detection of terahertz (THz) radiation in semiconductor structures with a two-dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-17 S. A. Mikhailov

We present a numerical study on the super-resolution of quantum phase sensing and ghost imaging systems operating with multimode N00N states beyond the Rayleigh diffraction limit. Our computational simulations are based on the canonical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-22 Dong-Yeop Na , Peter Bermel , Weng Cho Chew

In this paper we explain the photoelectric effect in a variant of the standard model of non relativistic quantum electrodynamics, which is in some aspects more closely related to the physical picture, than the one studied in [BKZ]: Now we…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Heribert Zenk

In this paper we analyze the thermodynamic properties of a photon gas under the influence of a background electromagnetic field in the context of any nonlinear electrodynamics. Neglecting the self-interaction of photons, we obtain a general…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-17 P. Niau Akmansoy , L. G. Medeiros

For a system of bosons that interact through a class of general memory kernels, a recurrence relation for the partition function is derived within the path-integral formalism. This approach provides a generalization to previously known…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2021-09-02 Timour Ichmoukhamedov , Jacques Tempere

Physical path integral formulation of motion of particles in Riemannian spaces is outlined and extended to deduce the corresponding field theoretical formulation. For the special case of a zero rest mass particle in Minkowski manifold, it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. R. Vatsya

Electromagnetism in an inhomogeneous dielectric medium at rest is described using the methods of differential geometry. In contrast to a general relativistic approach the electromagnetic fields are discussed in three-dimensional space only.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Paul Piwnicki

A kink-based path integral method, previously applied to atomic systems, is modified and used to study molecular systems. The method allows the simultaneous evolution of atomic and electronic degrees of freedom. Results for CH$_4 $, NH$_3…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Randall W. Hall

We present a technique for studying the polarimetric properties of a birefringent object by means of classical ghost diffraction. The standard ghost diffraction setup is modified to include polarizers for controlling the state of…

Optics · Physics 2014-04-14 Henri Kellock , Tero Setälä , Ari T. Friberg , Tomohiro Shirai

We present a worldline method for the calculation of Casimir energies for scalar fields coupled to magnetodielectric media. The scalar model we consider may be applied in arbitrary geometries, and it corresponds exactly to one polarization…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-19 Jonathan B. Mackrory , Tanmoy Bhattacharya , Daniel A. Steck

Based on quantum mechanical approach the polarization transport of photons which propagate in a medium with slow varying refractive index is studied. The photon polarizations are separated in opposite directions normal to the ray which is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Reza Torabi

Several path integral representations for the $T$-matrix in nonrelativistic potential scattering are given which produce the complete Born series when expanded to all orders and the eikonal approximation if the quantum fluctuations are…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-03-25 R. Rosenfelder

We perform calculations of the {3D} finite-temperature homogeneous electron gas (HEG) in the warm-dense regime ({r_{s} \equiv (3/4\pi n)^{1/3}a_{B}^{- 1} = 1.0- 40.0} and {\Theta \equiv T/T_{F} = 0.0625- 8.0}) using restricted path integral…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-04-10 Ethan W. Brown , Bryan K. Clark , Jonathan L. DuBois , David M. Ceperley

Partial polarization is the manifestation of the correlation between two mutually orthogonal transverse field components associated with a light beam. We show both theoretically and experimentally that the origin of this correlation can be…

Fractionation of isotopes among distinct molecules or phases is a quantum effect which is often exploited to obtain insights on reaction mechanisms, biochemical, geochemical and atmospheric phenomena. Accurate evaluation of isotope ratios…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Bingqing Cheng , Michele Ceriotti

Path integrals are a central tool when it comes to describing quantum or thermal fluctuations of particles or fields. Their success dates back to Feynman who showed how to use them within the framework of quantum mechanics. Since then, path…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-08-31 Leticia F. Cugliandolo , Vivien Lecomte , Frédéric Van Wijland