Published January 25, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

A note on the limiting procedures for path integrals

Creators

  • 1. Faculty of Physics, Saint Petersburg State University, 198504, St Petersburg (Russian Federation)

Description

Limiting procedures for the Feynman type path integral are considered. The evolution operator is approximated with operators corresponding to the exponential of the Hamiltonian's symbol. The proof of convergence uses Chernoff's theory and its extension on the class of stable operators. The approach is especially adequate for the generalized coherent states path integral, where decomposition of a Hamiltonian into the sums used in the approach based on Trotter's formula may be unnatural

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1751-8113/41/3/035306;
PII
S1751-8113(08)56429-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (Online)
Journal Volume
41
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 035306
ISSN
1751-8121

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39028602
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ANNIHILATION OPERATORS; CONVERGENCE; EIGENSTATES; FEYNMAN PATH INTEGRAL; HAMILTONIANS; MATHEMATICAL EVOLUTION
Descriptors DEC
EVOLUTION; INTEGRALS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PATH INTEGRALS; QUANTUM OPERATORS