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Hamiltonian path integral quantization in polar coordinates

A. K. Kapoor, Pankaj Sharan

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/9804037

Abstract

Using a scheme proposed earlier we set up Hamiltonian path integral quantization for a particle in two dimensions in plane polar coordinates.This scheme uses the classical Hamiltonian, without any O(2) terms, in the polar varivables. We show that the propagator satisfies the correct Schrödinger equation.

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