PATH INTEGRAL TREATMENT OF SINGULAR PROBLEMS AND BOUND STATES
Horacio E. Camblong, CARLOS R. ORDÓÑEZ
A path-integral approach for the computation of quantum-mechanical propagators and energy Green's functions is presented. Its effectiveness is demonstrated through its application to singular interactions, with particular emphasis on the inverse square potential — possibly combined with a delta-function interaction. The emergence of these singular potentials as low-energy nonrelativistic limits of quantum field theory is highlighted. Not surprisingly, the analog of ultraviolet regularization is required for the interpretation of these singular problems.
arXiv:hep-th/0109003•International Journal of Modern Physics A•Mar 29, 2004•6 citations