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Quantum-mechanical propagator in a constant force (KF​(q1​,q0​;T))

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In units ℏ=1, a particle of mass m with potential V(q)=−Fq has classical path qc​(t)=q0​+[(q1​−q0​)/T−FT/(2m)]t+Ft2/(2m). Its action and exact quantum-mechanical propagator are
Sc​=2Tm(q1​−q0​)2​+2FT(q1​+q0​)​−24mF2T3​,KF​=2πiTm​​eiSc​.
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The fluctuation operator is the free one because the potential is linear. This is a special case of classical-path factorization of a quadratic path integral.

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