Related papers: Path Integral for the Dirac Equation
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…
We use the Unified Transform Method (UTM) for the vector case to resolve an interface problem for the Dirac equation on two semi-infinite domains and two finite domains in the massless and massive cases, respectively. The UTM for the vector…
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…
We study the evolution equations for a regularized version of Dirac-geodesics, which are the one-dimensional version of Dirac-harmonic maps. We show that for the regularization being sufficiently large, the evolution equations subconverge…
Scalar field systems containing higher derivatives are studied and quantized by Hamiltonian path integral formalism. A new point to previous quantization methods is that field functions and their derivatives with time are considered as…
The path integral approach offers not only an exact expression for the non- equilibrium dynamics of dissipative quantum systems, but is also a convenient starting point for perturbative treatments. An alternative way to explore the…
Feynman's path integral is herein generalized to the nonextensive canonical density matrix based on Tsallis entropy. This generalization is done in two ways by using unnormalized and normalized constraints. Firstly, we consider the path…
One dimensional Dirac equation is analysed with regard to the existence of exact (or closed-form) solutions for polynomial potentials. The notion of Liouvillian functions is used to define solvability, and it is shown that except for the…
In this paper I show how path integral techniques can be used to put measures on histories in "susceptible-infectious-recovered" (SIR)-type systems. The standard SIR solution emerges as the classical saddle point of the action describing…
We provide a very brief introduction to typical paths and the corresponding It\^o type integration. Relying on this robust It\^o integration, we prove an existence and uniqueness result for one-dimensional differential equations driven by…
We classify all solutions (p,q) to the equation p(u)q(u)=p(u+b)q(u+a) where p and q are complex polynomials in one indeterminate u, and a and b are fixed but arbitrary complex numbers. This equation is a special case of a system of…
We show that the Dirac equation in 3+1 dimensions gives rise to supersymmetric patterns when the scalar and vector potentials are (i) Coulombic with arbitrary strengths or (ii) when their sum or difference is a constant, leading to…
Two path integral representations for the $T$-matrix in nonrelativistic potential scattering are derived and proved to produce the complete Born series when expanded to all orders. They are obtained with the help of "phantom" degrees of…
Integral identities that hold between ``desired'' and ``comparison'' solutions of the radial Dirac equations for scattering precesses are considered. Applications of these identities are discussed, particularly the determination of bounds…
Discussion about the convergence and divergence of trajectories generated by certain functions derived from generalized 3x+1 mappings
A path-integral approach for the computation of quantum-mechanical propagators and energy Green's functions is presented. Its effectiveness is demonstrated through its application to singular interactions, with particular emphasis on the…
The structure of the Dirac Hamiltonian in 3+1 dimensions is shown to emerge in a semi-classical approximation from a abstract spectral triple construction. The spectral triple is constructed over an algebra of holonomy loops, corresponding…
It is wellknown that the Feynman kernel for the free particle on the half-line can be expressed as a sum over classical paths if we take the contribution from the reflected path into account. The minus sign for the reflected path needs to…
In this paper, we study the following nonlinear Dirac equations \begin{align*} \begin{cases} -i\sum\limits_{k=1}^3\alpha_k\partial_k u+m\beta u=f(x,|u|)u+\omega u, \displaystyle \int_{\mathbb{R}^3} |u|^2dx=a^2, \end{cases} \end{align*}…
We give an introduction to the calculation of path integrals on a lattice, with the quantum harmonic oscillator as an example. In addition to providing an explicit computational setup and corresponding pseudocode, we pay particular…