A coherent-state-based path integral for quantum mechanics on the Moyal plane

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/39/49/014zbMATH Open1106.81050arXivhep-th/0611254OpenAlexW2031190803MaRDI QIDQ3418455FDOQ3418455

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Publication date: 5 February 2007

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

Abstract: Inspired by a recent work that proposes using coherent states to evaluate the Feynman kernel in noncommutative space, we provide an independent formulation of the path-integral approach for quantum mechanics on the Moyal plane, with the transition amplitude defined between two coherent states of mean position coordinates. In our approach, we invoke solely a representation of the of the noncommutative algebra in terms of commutative variables. The kernel expression for a general Hamiltonian was found to contain gaussian-like damping terms, and it is non-perturbative in the sense that it does not reduce to the commutative theory in the limit of vanishing $heta$ - the noncommutative parameter. As an example, we studied the free particle's propagator which turned out to be oscillating with period being the product of its mass and $heta$. Further, it satisfies the Pauli equation for a charged particle with its spin aligned to a constant, orthogonal $B$ field in the ordinary Landau problem, thus providing an interesting evidence of how noncommutativity can induce spin-like effects at the quantum mechanical level.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0611254

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Feynman integrals and graphs; applications of algebraic topology and algebraic geometry (81Q30) Coherent states (81R30) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Noncommutative geometry in quantum theory (81R60)

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