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Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Boundary conditions in path integrals from point interactions for the path integral of the one-dimensional Dirac particle

Christian Grosche

Published Jan 1, 1999• 6 citations
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Abstract

A proposal is given, of how to implement point interactions and boundary conditions in the path integral. The starting point is a path-integral formulation of a Dirac particle in one dimension. The implementation of a point interaction yields, by means of a perturbation expansion, the corresponding Green function for a relativistic particle. In the non-relativistic limit several cases can be distinguished depending on which of the four possibilities of the point interaction has been chosen. By a proper combination of the various possibilities of implementing the point interaction, the whole range of the four-parameter family of boundary conditions for point interactions can be exploited, in the relativistic case as well as in the non-relativistic limit. In addition, making the strength of the point interaction infinitely repulsive yields boundary conditions at finite points on the real line. In particular, Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions emerge. The method is illustrated with some examples.

DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/32/9/014

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