Hilbert spaces from path integrals

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/43/27/275302MaRDI QIDQ3579936zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Fay Dowker, Steven R. Johnston, Rafael D. Sorkin

Publication date 11 August 2010

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.0589

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40)

Abstract: It is shown that a Hilbert space can be constructed for a quantum system starting from a framework in which histories are fundamental. The Decoherence Functional provides the inner product on this "History Hilbert space". It is also shown that the History Hilbert space is the standard Hilbert space in the case of non-relativistic quantum mechanics.

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