Published September 7, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Which Green functions does the path integral for quasi-Hermitian Hamiltonians represent?

  • 1. Physics Department, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ (United Kingdom)

Description

We explain how Feynman diagrams and the functional integral for quasi-Hermitian theories 'know' about the metric η. The answer turns out be that their derivation is based fundamentally on the Heisenberg equations of motion and the canonical equal-time commutation relations, which only take their standard form when matrix elements are evaluated using η.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2009.07.034

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DOI
10.1016/j.physleta.2009.07.034;
arXiv
arXiv:0905.3522v1;
PII
S0375-9601(09)00872-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. A
Journal Volume
373
Journal Issue
37
Journal Page Range
p. 3304-3308
ISSN
0375-9601
CODEN
PYLAAG

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