Title of article
Reparametrization invariance of path integrals
Author/Authors
H. Kleinert، نويسنده , , A. Chervyakov، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1999
Pages
8
From page
257
To page
264
Abstract
We demonstrate the reparametrization invariance of perturbatively defined one-dimensional functional integrals up to the three-loop level for a path integral of a quantum-mechanical point particle in a box. We exhibit the origin of the failure of earlier authors to establish reparametrization invariance which led them to introduce, superfluously, a compensating potential depending on the connection of the coordinate system. We show that problems with invariance are absent by defining path integrals as the ϵ→0-limit of 1+ϵ-dimensional functional integrals.
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS B
Serial Year
1999
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS B
Record number
912042
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