Quantum-classical interactions through the path integral

dc.creatorMetaxas, Dimitrios
dc.date2006-07-26
dc.date2007-03-09
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dc.descriptionI consider the case of two interacting scalar fields, ϕand ψ, and use the path integral formalism in order to treat the first classically and the second quantum-mechanically. I derive the Feynman rules and the resulting equation of motion for the classical field, which should be an improvement of the usual semi-classical procedure. As an application I use this method in order to enforce Gauss's law as a classical equation in a non-abelian gauge theory. I argue that the theory is renormalizable and equivalent to the usual Yang-Mills as far as the gauge field terms are concerned. There are additional terms in the effective action that depend on the Lagrange multiplier field λthat is used to enforce the constraint. These terms and their relation to the confining properties of the theory are discussed.
dc.description16 pages, LaTeX, 1 fig, final version to appear in PRD
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0607210
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0607210
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D75:065023,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.75.065023
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/189681
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleQuantum-classical interactions through the path integral
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