Matrix-valued Schrödinger operators over finite adeles

Abstract

Let [Formula: see text] be an algebraic number field. With [Formula: see text] we associate the ring of finite adeles [Formula: see text] In this paper we give a path integral formula for the propagator of a quantum mechanical system over the abelian group [Formula: see text] Specifically, we consider matrix-valued Hamiltonian operators [Formula: see text] where [Formula: see text] is the Vladimirov operator and [Formula: see text] is a non-negative definite potential. The free part of the Hamiltonian gives rise to a measure on the Skorokhod space of paths which allows us to prove the Feynman–Kac formula for the Schrödinger semigroup generated by [Formula: see text] This formula is given in terms of the ordered time exponentials.