Harmonic Approximation of the Functional Integral and the Schrodinger Equation

Aug, 1975
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 58 (1975) 341-344
  • Published: 1975
Report number:
  • Print-75-0720 (BOLOGNA)

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
A new approximation for the density matrix e − βH ( x , y ) of a quantum-mechanical system is proposed. Starting from the Feynman-Kac formula we expand the potential up to second order around the linear path connecting x and y . As an example, the first eigenvalues of the anharmonic oscillator are computed. The analogue procedure in field theory is briefly discussed.
  • MODEL: FIELD THEORY
  • CORRELATION
  • ANALYTIC PROPERTIES
  • MECHANICS: STATISTICS
  • QUANTUM MECHANICS: DENSITY MATRIX
  • FIELD THEORY
  • APPROXIMATION
  • POTENTIAL