Path probability distribution of stochastic motion of non dissipative systems: a classical analog of Feynman factor of path integral

DOI10.1016/J.CHAOS.2013.10.002zbMATH Open1355.37100arXiv1310.0411OpenAlexW2039439759MaRDI QIDQ508174FDOQ508174

Authors: Yong-Cai Geng, Sumit K. Garg 

Publication date: 10 February 2017

Published in: Chaos, Solitons and Fractals (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate, by numerical simulation, the path probability of non dissipative mechanical systems undergoing stochastic motion. The aim is to search for the relationship between this probability and the usual mechanical action. The model of simulation is a one-dimensional particle subject to conservative force and Gaussian random displacement. The probability that a sample path between two fixed points is taken is computed from the number of particles moving along this path, an output of the simulation, devided by the total number of particles arriving at the final point. It is found that the path probability decays exponentially with increasing action of the sample paths. The decay rate increases with decreasing randomness. This result supports the existence of a classical analog of the Feynman factor in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics for Hamiltonian systems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.0411

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zbMATH Keywords

simulationconservative forceGaussian random displacementnon-dissipative mechanical system

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic ordinary differential equations (aspects of stochastic analysis) (60H10) Generation, random and stochastic difference and differential equations (37H10) Numerical solutions to stochastic differential and integral equations (65C30) Dynamical systems in classical and celestial mechanics (37N05)

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