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We solve time-sliced path integrals of one-dimensional Coulomb system in an exact manner. In formulating path integrals, we make use of the Duru–Kleinert transformation with Fujikawa's gauge theoretical technique. Feynman kernels in the momentum representation both for bound states and scattering states will be obtained with clear pole structure that explains the exactness of the path integral. The path integrals presented here can be, therefore, evaluated exactly by making use of Cauchy's integral theorem.

A dependence of phonon interaction on the interelectronic distance is found for a translation-invariant (TI) strong-coupling bipolaron. It is shown that the charge induced by the electrons in a TI-bipolaron state is always greater than that in a bipolaron with spontaneously broken symmetry.