On classical paths and the Wigner path integral
- 15 March 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 78 (6) , 3253-3255
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.445243
Abstract
We ask and answer the question: How do we derive the approximation of Heller (that the Wigner function propagates along classical paths) from the path integral formulation of the Wigner kernel of Kitahara?.Keywords
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