nLab kinetic action

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In physics the part of the action functional of a theory which describes the dynamics of free fields without interaction is called the kinetic action.

The Legendre transform of the kinetic action is the kinetic energy (Dirichlet energy).

action functionalkinetic actioninteractionpath integral measure
exp(S(ϕ))μ=\exp(-S(\phi)) \cdot \mu = exp((ϕ,Qϕ))\exp(-(\phi, Q \phi)) \cdotexp(I(ϕ))\exp(I(\phi)) \cdotμ\mu
BV differentialelliptic complex +antibracket with interaction +BV-Laplacian
d q=d_q =QQ +{I,}\{I,-\} +Δ\hbar \Delta

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