Generally, in path integral formalism a propagator between two states with definite position is computed, something like, $$K(x_1,t_1;x_0,t_0)=\int_{x_0(t_0)}^{x_1(t_1)}\mathcal{D}x(t)\exp\left(\frac{i}{\hbar}S[x(t)]\right).$$ However, if we want a propagator between two states, where the initial state has a definite momentum and final state has definite position, that is, $$K(x_1,t_1;p_0,t_0),$$ then how does one goes on compute such a quantity? Are there books/notes discussing this? Can someone construct this for the free non-relativistic particle case?
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