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Functional integral approach for multiplicative stochastic processes.

Zochil González Arenas1, Daniel G Barci

  • 1Instituto de Cibernética, Matemática y Física (ICIMAF), Calle 15, 551 e/C y D, Vedado, C. Habana, Cuba.

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
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We developed a new method to calculate correlation functions for stochastic processes using path integrals. This approach uniquely defines the process through specific diagrams in supersymmetric theories.

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Area of Science:

  • Statistical Physics
  • Quantum Field Theory
  • Stochastic Processes

Background:

  • Stochastic processes are crucial in various scientific fields.
  • Langevin equations describe these processes.
  • Calculating correlation functions is essential for understanding system dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a functional formalism for deriving generating functionals of correlation functions.
  • To investigate the role of path integrals and symmetries in stochastic processes.
  • To uniquely define stochastic processes within a theoretical framework.

Main Methods:

  • A functional formalism was developed to derive a generating functional.
  • Path integrals over fermionic and bosonic variables were used without time discretization.
  • Nonperturbative constraints from Becchi, Rouet and Stora (BRS) symmetry and supersymmetry were studied.

Main Results:

  • A path integral formulation was deduced, incorporating Wiener integral prescriptions via Green's functions.
  • The study analyzed nonperturbative constraints on correlation functions.
  • It was shown that tadpole diagrams uniquely define the stochastic process prescription.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed formalism provides a method to derive generating functionals for multiplicative stochastic processes.
  • In supersymmetric theories, tadpole contributions cancel, uniquely defining the stochastic process at all orders of perturbation theory.