Published 1988 | Version v1
Book

The Weyl ordering and path integrals in curved spaces

  • 1. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City (Mexico). Centro de Estudios Nucleares
  • 2. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City (Mexico). Inst. de Fisica

Description

A simple framework to deal with path integrals in curved spaces is presented. The phase space path integral representation of the propagator is constructed in terms of an effective Hamiltonian which differs from the classical one by terms of order (h/2π). The general expression for this quantum correction is derived by using the Weyl ordering for non-commuting operators. When the propagator is expressed as a Lagrangian path integral with an invariant measure an additional correction is introduced. (author). 11 refs

Part of:
Path summation: Achievements and goals

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
World Scientific.
Imprint Place
Singapore (Singapore)
ISBN
9971-50-597-5
Imprint Title
Path summation: Achievements and goals
Imprint Pagination
529 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 481-497.

Conference

Title
Adriatico research conference on path integral method with applications.
Dates
1-4 Sep 1987.
Place
Trieste (Italy).

INIS

Country of Publication
Singapore
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
23064886
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
FEYNMAN PATH INTEGRAL; HAMILTONIANS; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; PHASE SPACE; PROPAGATOR; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM OPERATORS
Descriptors DEC
FUNCTIONS; INTEGRALS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; SPACE

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