Integral representations of the Schrödinger propagator (Q2270477)

The authors consider a new approach for the integral representations of the Schrödinger propagator. They consider the Schrödinger equation for the Hamiltonian operator \( H = -{{\hslash^2}\over{2m}}\Delta + V(x) \), where \(V\) is a potential function modeling one-particle scattering problems. The authors construct a class of integral representations for the Schrödinger propagator \( \psi(t) = e^{-{ i \over {\hslash} }tH}\varphi \). This is realized through an \(\varepsilon\)-dissipative regularization \(H_{\varepsilon}\) of the Hamiltonian. In the main result of the paper it is proved that \( \psi_{\varepsilon}(t) = e^{-i {{i+\varepsilon}\over \hslash}tH_{\varepsilon}}\varphi \) admits an integral representation for the relaxed kernel. The representations are constructed with complex amplitudes and real phase functions belonging to the class of global weakly quadratic generating functions of the Lagrangian submanifolds \(\Lambda_t \subset T^{*}{\mathbb R}^n \times T^{*}{\mathbb R}^n \) related to the group of classical canonical transformations \(\phi^t_H\). The authors compare their approach with other techniques used for finding the Schrödinger propagator.