This paper is a review of path integral representations for semigroups {exp(-t H_r/ħ)}{t≥0} where H_r's are relativistic quantum Hamiltonians. We consider three different cases: in the first one Hr is a relativistic Schrödinger operator, in the second is the Hamiltonian associated to Klein-Gordon equation and in the third is that coming from the Dirac one. The paths are trajectories of diffusion processes and, for the Dirac case, they differ from previous constructions based on jump Markov processes. All formulas describe one relativistic particle in an external static electromagnetic field therefore they are relativistic versions of the Feymann-Kac representation for Schrödinger semigroups.
Path integrals in relativistic quantum mechanics
SERVA, Maurizio
1994-01-01
Abstract
This paper is a review of path integral representations for semigroups {exp(-t H_r/ħ)}{t≥0} where H_r's are relativistic quantum Hamiltonians. We consider three different cases: in the first one Hr is a relativistic Schrödinger operator, in the second is the Hamiltonian associated to Klein-Gordon equation and in the third is that coming from the Dirac one. The paths are trajectories of diffusion processes and, for the Dirac case, they differ from previous constructions based on jump Markov processes. All formulas describe one relativistic particle in an external static electromagnetic field therefore they are relativistic versions of the Feymann-Kac representation for Schrödinger semigroups.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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