Letters in Mathematical Physics

May 1991, Volume 22, Issue 1, pp 15–19 | Cite as

The star exponential and SU(2) path integrals

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• C. A. Alcalde
• A. C. Cadavid
• M. Nakashima

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Abstract

An expression is found for the Feynman path integral on SU(2) in terms of the star-exponential.

AMS subject classifications (1980)

81C35 81D07 22E70 43A75 

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Authors and Affiliations

• C. A. Alcalde
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• A. C. Cadavid
  • 1
• M. Nakashima
  • 1

1. 1.Department of PhysicsUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesUSA