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Techniques and Applications of Path Integration Dover Books on Physics 1st Edition by Schulman 0486445283 978-0486445281

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Publisher: Dover Publications
File Extension: PDF
File size: 19.09 MB
Pages: 446
Author: L. S. Schulman
ISBN: 9780486445281, 0486445283
Language: English
Year: 2005

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ISBN 10: 0486445283

ISBN 13: 978-0486445281

Author: L. S. Schulman

A book of techniques and applications, this text defines the path integral and illustrates its uses by example. It is suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in physics; its sole prerequisite is a first course in quantum mechanics. For applications requiring specialized knowledge, the author supplies background material.
The first part of the book develops the techniques of path integration. Topics include probability amplitudes for paths and the correspondence limit for the path integral; vector potentials; the Ito integral and gauge transformations; free particle and quadratic Lagrangians; properties of Green's functions and the Feynman-Kac formula; functional derivatives and commutation relations; Brownian motion and the Wiener integral; and perturbation theory and Feynman diagrams.
The second part, dealing with applications, covers asymptotic analysis and the calculus of variations; the WKB approximation and near caustics; the phase of the semiclassical amplitude; scattering theory; and geometrical optics. Additional topics include the polaron; path integrals for multiply connected spaces; quantum mechanics on curved spaces; relativistic propagators and black holes; applications to statistical mechanics; systems with random impurities; instantons and metastability; renormalization and scaling for critical phenomena; and the phase space path integral.

Table of contents:

Part I: Introduction

  1. Introduction and Defining the Path Integral
      Appendix: The Trotter Product Formula

  2. Probabilities and Probability Amplitudes for Paths

  3. Correspondence Limit for the Path Integral (Heuristic)
      Appendix: Useful Integrals

  4. Vector Potentials and Another Proof of the Path Integral Formula

  5. The Ito Integral and Gauge Transformations

  6. Doing the Integral: Free Particle and Quadratic Lagrangians
      Appendix: Exactness of the Sum over Classical Paths

  7. Properties of Green's Functions; the Feynman-Kac Formula

  8. Functional Derivatives and Commutation Relations

  9. Brownian Motion and the Wiener Integral; Kac's Proof

  10. Perturbation Theory and Feynman Diagrams

Part II: Selected Applications of the Path Integral

  1. Asymptotic Analysis

  2. The Calculus of Variations

  3. The WKB Approximation and its Application to the Anharmonic Oscillator

  4. Detailed Presentation of the WKB Approximation

  5. WKB Near Caustics

  6. Caustics and Uniform Asymptotic Approximations

  7. The Phase of the Semiclassical Amplitude

  8. The Semiclassical Propagator as a Function of Energy

  9. Scattering Theory

  10. Geometrical Optics

  11. The Polaron

  12. Spin and Related Matters
      22.1 The Direct Method – Product Integrals or Time Ordered Products
      22.2 Continuous Models for Spin

  13. Path Integrals for Multiply Connected Spaces
      23.1 Particle Constrained to a Circle
      23.2 Rudiments of Homotopy Theory
      23.3 Homotopy Applied to the Path Integral
      23.4 Extensions of Symmetric Operators

  14. Quantum Mechanics on Curved Spaces

  15. Relativistic Propagators and Black Holes

  16. Applications to Statistical Mechanics

  17. Coherent State Representation

  18. Systems with Random Impurities

  19. Critical Droplets, Alias Instantons, and Metastability
      Appendix: Small Oscillations about the Instanton

  20. Renormalization and Scaling for Critical Phenomena

  21. Phase Space Path Integral

  22. Omissions, Miscellany, and Prejudices
      32.1 Field Theory
      32.2 Uncompleting the Square
      32.3 Rubber: Path Integral Formulation of a Polymer as a Random Walk
      32.4 Hard Sphere Gas Second Virial Coefficient
      32.5 Adding Paths by Computer
      32.6 A Perturbation Expansion Using the Path Integral
      32.7 Solvable Path Integral with the Potential ax² + b/x²
      32.8 Superfluidity
      32.9 Fermions
      32.10 Books and Review Papers on Path Integrals

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