Alternative representation for nonlocal operators and path integrals

Local-time representation of path integrals.

We derive a local-time path-integral representation for a generic one-dimensional time-independent system. In particular, we show how to rephrase the matrix elements of the Bloch density matrix as a path integral over x-dependent local-time profiles. The latter quantify the time that the sample paths x(t) in the Feynman path integral spend in the vicinity of an arbitrary point x. Generalization...

Path Integrals for Stochastic Neurodynamics Path Integrals for Stochastic Neurodynamics

We present here a method for the study of stochastic neurodynamics in the framework of the "Neural Network Master Equation" proposed by Cowan. We consider a model neural network composed of two{state neurons subject to simple stochastic kinetics. We introduce a method based on a spin choerent state path integral to compute the moment generating function of such a network. A formal construction ...

Feynman path integrals on phase space and the metaplectic representation

Numerical implementation of seismic wavefield operators via path integrals

The seismic imaging problem centers around mathematical and numerical techniques to create an accurate image of the earth’s subsurface, using recorded data from geophones that capture reflected seismic waves. Using a path integral approach, a wavefield extrapolater can be expressed as a limit of depth-sliced path steps through a variable velocity medium. An image is created from the correlation...

Path Integrals Without Integrals∗

Recently, we have developed an efficient recursive approach for analytically calculating the short-time expansion of the propagator to extremely high orders for a general many-body quantum system. Here we give brief overview of this approach and then demonstrate application of this technique by numerically studying the thermodynamical properties of a rotating ideal Bose gas of Rb atoms in an an...