APPLICATION OF PATH INTEGRATION TO OPERATOR CALCULUS

Citation
Dm. Gitman et al., APPLICATION OF PATH INTEGRATION TO OPERATOR CALCULUS, Journal of physics. A, mathematical and general (Print), 31(38), 1998, pp. 7791-7799
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Physics,"Physycs, Mathematical
ISSN journal
03054470
Volume
31
Issue
38
Year of publication
1998
Pages
7791 - 7799
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4470(1998)31:38<7791:AOPITO>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We consider a disentanglement of the operator functions of the form ga mma(alpha) ... gamma(beta) exp{omega(mu nu)gamma(mu)gamma(nu)}, where gamma(mu) are generating elements of a Clifford algebra (gamma matrice s, for example). To this end we formulate a path integral reduction pr ocedure which allows one to obtain the functions under consideration i n Sym-form. Then, by means of path integration, we obtain explicit dec ompositions of the operator functions in Sym-products of gamma matrice s (in the linearly independent gamma-matrix structures) valid in arbit rary dimensions. Several particular examples are analysed in detail.