Published September 7, 2009
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Journal article
Which Green functions does the path integral for quasi-Hermitian Hamiltonians represent?
Creators
- 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.2009.07.034Additional details
Identifiers
- 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
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41107572
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COMMUTATION RELATIONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FEYNMAN DIAGRAM; GREEN FUNCTION; HAMILTONIANS; MATRIX ELEMENTS; METRICS; PATH INTEGRALS
- Descriptors DEC
- DIAGRAMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION; INTEGRALS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; QUANTUM OPERATORS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.