Complex Probabilities on R^N as Real Probabilities on C^N and an Application to Path Integrals
arXiv:quant-ph/0210195 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.240201
Abstract
We establish a necessary and sufficient condition for averages over complex valued weight functions on R^N to be represented as statistical averages over real, non-negative probability weights on C^N. Using this result, we show that many path-integrals for time-ordered expectation values of bosonic degrees of freedom in real-valued time can be expressed as statistical averages over ensembles of paths with complex-valued coordinates, and then speculate on possible consequences of this result for the relation between quantum and classical mechanics.
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