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Computational problem in Altland & Simons p.184
While try to understand functional field integral I encountered this problem on Altland & Simons page 184. The question is: Employ the free fermion field integral with action (4.43) to compute the ...
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Path integral expression for Dirac two-point function
On page 302 of Peskin and Schroeder they state a path integral expression for the Dirac two-point function.
$$\langle0|T\psi_a(x_1)\bar{\psi}_b(x_2)|0\rangle=\frac{\int\mathcal{D}\bar{\psi}\int\...
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Path Integral Measure Transformation as $(DetU)^{-1}$
The path integral measure transforms as $D\Psi\rightarrow (DetU)^{-1}D\Psi$ for fermions, with $DetU=J$ the Jacobian.
I am referring to Peskin and Schroeder's Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, ...
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How to derive the Fermion generating function formally from operator formalism?
The generating functionals for fermions is:
$$Z[\bar{\eta},\eta]=\int\mathcal{D}[\bar{\psi}(x)]\mathcal{D}[\psi(x)]e^{i\int d^4x
[\bar{\psi}(i\not \partial -m+i\varepsilon)\psi+\bar{\eta}\psi+\bar{\...
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Jacobian functional matrix for fermionic path integral
I am revisiting Srednicki's book Chapter 77 and struggling to understand how you define the change of variables in the fermionic field integral
Srednicki defines the Jacobian functional matrix for the ...
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Dirac field operator act on the right side of Green function
On P&S's QFT book, chapter 9.5, the book discussed how to derive two point correlation function for dirac field using generating functional.
Start with $$
Z[\bar{\eta}, \eta]=\int \mathcal{D} \bar{...
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Field shift in Generating functional for the Dirac field
On P&S's QFT page 302, eq.(9.73) defined the generating functional for the Dirac field.
$$Z[\bar{\eta}, \eta]=\int \mathcal{D} \bar{\psi} \mathcal{D} \psi \exp \left[i \int d^4 x[\bar{\psi}(i \not ...
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Generating Functional and 4-point Correlation Function for $\phi \psi \rightarrow \phi \psi$ scattering in Yukawa Theory
I want to compute, using the generating functional method, the 4-point correlation function $G^{(4)}(x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4)$ for the Lagrangian
$$
\mathcal{L} [\phi, \psi, \chi] = \overline{\chi} ( i \...
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What Object is the Dirac Lagrangian in the functional treatment of QFT, where $\Psi$ and $\bar{\Psi}$ are Grassmann-numbers?
As far as I understood, in the path integral formulation of QFT, a field configuration is modelled by a mapping
$$
x \rightarrow \Psi(x)
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Where $\Psi(x)$ are 4 components, each represented by 4 ...
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Does this Fermion path integral have a solution?
This is a question on the mathematics of path integration.
If we take the action density $S[\phi](t) = \frac{1}{2}\dot{\phi}\dot{\phi}$ and we take the path integral
$$K_T(A,B) = \left. \int e^{-\...
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Interpretation of the fermionic path integral
The bosonic path integral computes transition amplitudes. E.g. for a scalar field $\phi$, the amplitude between state $|\phi_1\rangle$ on Cauchy surface $\Sigma_1$ and $|\phi_2\rangle$ on $\Sigma_2$ ...
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Coherent state path integral for Dirac fermions
I’m trying to derive the fermionic path integral for the Dirac theory using the coherent state path integral, but I’m not able to get around the presence of a $\gamma_0$ making it look different from ...
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How to justify $\bar \psi(x) \psi(x) \bar\psi(y)\psi(y)\Rightarrow -\bar \psi(x) \psi(y) \bar\psi(y)\psi(x)$ in path integral?
Consider an interaction term of the form $$(e\int dx^4\bar \psi(x) \psi(x))(e\int dy^4 \bar\psi(y)\psi(y))$$ where the generating function was
$$\bar\eta(x)\psi(x)+\bar\psi(x)\eta(x)\Rightarrow \int ...
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Meaning of the fermion path integral?
I'm trying to understand fermion fields with the Feynman integral. Is there an explicit matrix representation of the Grassmann numbers used in the field integral? Is there a Grassmann-valued measure ...
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About constants in fermionic path integral in Peskin and Schroeder
I am confused by fermionic path integral used in Peskin and Schroeder. Equation (9.69) gives
$$\Big(\prod_n\int d\bar{\theta}_nd\theta_n\Big)e^{-\bar{\theta}_iM_{ij}\theta_j}=\det M\tag{9.69}$$
But ...
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