Toward Picard-Lefschetz theory of path integrals, complex saddles and resurgence

DOI10.4310/AMSA.2017.v2.n1.a3zbMath1381.81069arXiv1510.03435OpenAlexW2195757990WikidataQ57428630 ScholiaQ57428630MaRDI QIDQ679636

Thomas Schäfer, Gerald V. Dunne, Tin Sulejmanpasic, Alireza Behtash, Mithat Ünsal

Publication date: 19 January 2018

Published in: Annals of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.03435

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Structure of families (Picard-Lefschetz, monodromy, etc.) (14D05) Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Picard-type theorems and generalizations for several complex variables (32H25)

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