The functional integral for a free particle on a half-plane

DOI10.1063/1.529812MaRDI QIDQ4697238zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michel Carreau

Publication date 29 June 1993

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9208052

zbMATH Keywords

self-adjoint HamiltonianBrownian functionalinfinite-dimensional matrixSchrödinger equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other physical applications of random processes (60K40) Applications of quantum theory to specific physical systems (81V99)

Abstract: A free non-relativistic particle moving in two dimensions on a half-plane can be described by self-adjoint Hamiltonians characterized by boundary conditions imposed on the systems. The most general boundary condition is parameterized in terms of the elements of an infinite-dimensional matrix. We construct the Brownian functional integral for each of these self-adjoint Hamiltonians. Non-local boundary conditions are implemented by allowing the paths striking the boundary to jump to other locations on the boundary. Analytic continuation in time results in the Green's functions of the Schrodinger equation satisfying the boundary condition characterizing the self-adjoint Hamiltonian.

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