Some instructive examples of Mayer's interference in path integral
Creators
- 1. Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research, Dubna (USSR). Lab. of Theoretical Physics
Description
A new technique of path integral evaluation by a discretization procedure is proposed. It is based on the requirement, found previously, to single out the set of classical trajectories over which the summation is performed. The notion of Mayer's interference is introduced and illustrated by a number of simple examples. The choice of the set of paths is shown to induce a corresponding quantization procedure and this line is followed to demonstrate its connection with the symmetries of the problem. The possibility of extracting information on the space of quantum states from path integrals has been reviewed. A class of paths has been found; the summation over these paths within the framework of the suggested approach produces the well known results for the motion in a homogeneous field and for the harmonic oscillator
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Bulg. J. Phys.
- Journal Volume
- 11
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Bulg. J. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 11-19
- ISSN
- 0323-9217
- CODEN
- BJPHD
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Bulgaria
- Country of Input or Organization
- Bulgaria
- INIS RN
- 17037275
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- FEYNMAN PATH INTEGRAL; HARMONICS; INTERFERENCE; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SYMMETRY
- Descriptors DEC
- INTEGRALS; MECHANICS; OSCILLATIONS