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Feynman Integrals with Absorbing Boundaries

A. Marchewka, Z. Schuss

abstract: We propose a formulation of an absorbing boundary for a quantum particle. The formulation is based on a Feynman-type integral over trajectories that are confined to the non-absorbing region. Trajectories that reach the absorbing wall are discounted from the population of the surviving trajectories with a certain weighting factor. Under the assumption that absorbed trajectories do not interfere with the surviving trajectories, we obtain a time dependent absorption law. Two examples are worked out.

oai_identifier:
oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/9708034
categories:
quant-ph cond-mat
comments:
4 pages, revtex
doi:
10.1016/S0375-9601(98)00107-8
arxiv_id:
quant-ph/9708034
journal_ref:
Phys.Lett. A240 (1998) 177-184
report_no:
TAUP-2401-96
created:
1997-08-21

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