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Logic · Mathematics 2024-09-09 Tapani Hyttinen

Representations of propagators by means of path integrals over velocities are discussed both in nonrelativistic and relativistic quantum mechanics. It is shown that all the propagators can only be expressed through bosonic path integrals…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 D. M. Gitman , Sh. M. Shvartsman

We develop a path integrals approach for analyzing stationary light propagation appropriate for photonic crystals. The hermitian form of the stationary Maxwell equations is transformed into a quantum mechanical problem of a spin 1 particle…

Optics · Physics 2009-04-01 Yair Dimant , Shimon Levit

We derive the first order canonical formulation of cosmological perturbation theory in a Universe filled by a few scalar fields. This theory is quantized via well-defined Hamiltonian path integral. The propagator which describes the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 S. Anderegg , V. Mukhanov

We formulate the coherent state path integral on a two dimensional noncommutative plane using the fact that noncommuative quantum mechanics can be viewed as a quantum system on the Hilbert space of Hilbert-Schmidt operators acting on…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-12-19 Sunandan Gangopadhyay , Frederik G Scholtz

The hypothesis of path integral duality provides a prescription to evaluate the propagator of a free, quantum scalar field in a given classical background, taking into account the existence of a fundamental length, say, the Planck length,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-02 Dawood Kothawala , L. Sriramkumar , S. Shankaranarayanan , T. Padmanabhan

The manner in which probability amplitudes of paths sum up to form wave functions of a harmonic oscillator, as well as other, simple 1-dimensional problems, is described. Using known, closed-form, path-based propagators for each problem, an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-18 Randall M. Feenstra

We present an exact integral formula for the multi-particle propagator of the one-dimensional Fermi--Hubbard model on an infinite lattice. The proof is based on the nested Bethe ansatz without relying on the string hypothesis. Our formula…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-02-26 Taiki Ishiyama , Kazuya Fujimoto , Tomohiro Sasamoto

In this paper we present a stepwise construction of the path integral over relativistic orbits in Euclidean spacetime. It is shown that the apparent problems of this path integral, like the breakdown of the naive Chapman-Kolmogorov…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-01 Benjamin Koch , Enrique Muñoz

We study the spin factor problem both in $3+1$ and $2+1$ dimensions which are essentially different for spin factor construction. Doing all Grassmann integrations in the corresponding path integral representations for Dirac propagator we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 D. M. Gitman , S. I. Zlatev

The in-in path integral of a scalar field propagating in a fixed background is formulated in a suitable function space. The free kinetic operator, whose inverse gives the propagators of the in-in perturbation theory, becomes essentially…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-04-21 Ali Kaya

The path-integral calculation for the free energy of a spin-1/2 Dirac-fermion gas is performed in spherical polar coordinates for a flat spacetime geometry. Its equivalence with the Cartesian-coordinate representation is explicitly…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-07-08 Andrew Briggs , Horacio E. Camblong , Carlos R. Ordonez

Given that the free massive scalar propagator in 2 + 1 dimensional Euclidean space is $D(x-y)=\frac{1}{4\pi \rho} 0.25cm e^{-m \rho} $ with $\rho^2=(x-y)^2$ we present the counterpart of $D(x-y)$ in curved space with a suitably modified…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-18 S. G. Kamath

We have developed a proper path integral formalism consistent with the deformed version of the quantum mechanics which contains a maximum observable length scale at the order of the Cosmological particle horizon, existing in cosmology.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-28 Souvik Pramanik

We develop a path integral representation for the dynamics of quantum systems with a finite-dimensional Hilbert space, formulated entirely within a discrete phase space. Starting from the discrete Wigner function defined on $\mathbb{Z}_d…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-23 Leonardo A. Pachon , Andres F. Gomez

The Hamiltonian operator describing a quantum particle on a path often extends holomorphically to a complex neighborhood of the path. When it does, it can be seen as the local expression of a complex projective structure, and its…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-08-11 Aaron Fenyes

We have given a straightforward method to solve the problem of noncentral anharmonic oscillator in three dimensions. The relative propagator is presented by means of path integrals in spherical coordinates. By making an adequate change of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-07-24 S. Haouat

In this paper path integration in two- and three-dimensional spaces of constant curvature is discussed: i.e.\ the flat spaces $\bbbr^2$ and $\bbbr^3$, the two- and three-dimensional sphere and the two- and three dimensional pseudosphere.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-07-19 Christian Grosche

We present a path integral representation for massless spin one-half particles. It is shown that this gives us a super-symmetric, P-and T-non-invariant pseudoclassical model for relativistic massless spinning particles. Dirac quantization…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 I. A. Junior

The propagator of a spinless particle is calculated from the quantum mechanical path integral formalism in static curved spacetimes endowed with event-horizons. A toy model, the Gui spacetime, and the 2D and 4D Schwarzschild black holes are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 F. Vendrell