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A New Look At The Path Integral Of Quantum Mechanics

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The Feynman path integral of ordinary quantum mechanics is complexified and it is shown that possible integration cycles for this complexified integral are associated with branes in a two-dimensional A-model. This provides a fairly direct explanation of the relationship of the A-model to quantum mechanics; such a relationship has been explored from several points of view in the last few years. These phenomena have an analog for Chern-Simons gauge theory in three dimensions: integration cycles in the path integral of this theory can be derived from N=4 super Yang-Mills theory in four dimensions. Hence, under certain conditions, a Chern-Simons path integral in three dimensions is equivalent to an N=4 path integral in four dimensions.

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The Double Well Done Doubly-Well

hep-th · 2026-06-03 · unverdicted · novelty 3.0

Presents explicit trans-series calculations for the double-well spectrum via exact WKB and path integral approaches up to four-instanton level.

CP conservation in the strong interactions

hep-ph · 2024-04-24 · unverdicted · novelty 3.0

CP conservation in QCD follows from taking the infinite volume limit prior to summing over topological sectors, shown consistent with steepest-descent contours and chiral EFT.

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  • Resolving Degeneracies in Complex $\mathbb{R}\times S^3$ and $\theta$-KSW hep-th · 2025-07-14 · unverdicted · none · ref 42 · internal anchor

    Exact Airy-function evaluation of the Gauss-Bonnet mini-superspace path integral plus Picard-Lefschetz resolution of lapse degeneracies via complex (G ħ) deformation that alters the KSW condition.

  • The Double Well Done Doubly-Well hep-th · 2026-06-03 · unverdicted · none · ref 61 · internal anchor

    Presents explicit trans-series calculations for the double-well spectrum via exact WKB and path integral approaches up to four-instanton level.

  • CP conservation in the strong interactions hep-ph · 2024-04-24 · unverdicted · none · ref 23 · internal anchor

    CP conservation in QCD follows from taking the infinite volume limit prior to summing over topological sectors, shown consistent with steepest-descent contours and chiral EFT.

  • Introductory Lectures on Resurgence: CERN Summer School 2024 hep-th · 2025-11-19 · unverdicted · none · ref 17 · internal anchor

    Introductory lectures cover resurgent asymptotics using examples like the Airy function, nonlinear Stokes phenomenon, Heisenberg-Euler action, and resurgent continuation.

  • Correctness criteria for complex Langevin hep-lat · 2026-04-14 · unreviewed · ref 45