Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
1999-02-15
Phys.Rev. E60 (1999) 2510
Physics
Quantum Physics
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Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.60.2510
We introduce a general class of generating functionals for the calculation of quantum-mechanical expectation values of arbitrary functionals of fluctuating paths with fixed end points in configuration or momentum space. The generating functionals are calculated explicitly for harmonic oscillators with time-dependent frequency, and used to derive a smearing formulas for correlation functions of polynomial and nonpolynomials functions of time-dependent positions and momenta. These formulas summarize the effect of thermal and quantum fluctuations, and serve to derive generalized Wick rules and Feynman diagrams for perturbation expansions of nonpolynomial interactions.
Bachmann Michael
Kleinert Hagen
Pelster Axel
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