On the Coherent State Path Integral for Linear Systems
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Publication:6502623
DOI10.1103/PHYSREVD.72.025004arXivquant-ph/0503213MaRDI QIDQ6502623FDOQ6502623
Abstract: We present a computation of the coherent state path integral for a generic linear system using ``functional methods (as opposed to discrete time approaches). The Gaussian phase space path integral is formally given by a determinant built from a first-order differential operator with coherent state boundary conditions. We show how this determinant can be expressed in terms of the symplectic transformation generated by the (in general, time-dependent) quadratic Hamiltonian for the system. We briefly discuss the conditions under which the coherent state path integral for a linear system actually exists. A necessary -- but not sufficient -- condition for existence of the path integral is that the symplectic transformation generated by the Hamiltonian is (unitarily) implementable on the Fock space for the system.
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