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| author | Hawkins, Eli Rejzner, Kasia Visser, Berend |
| author_facet | Hawkins, Eli Rejzner, Kasia Visser, Berend |
| contents | Perturbative Algebraic Quantum Field Theory (pAQFT) is based upon formal power series valued in spaces of functionals. This is usually done with microcausal functionals, which are defined using microlocal analysis and motivated by propagation of singularities. In this paper, we prove that the class of microcausal functionals is not closed under the Peierls (Poisson) bracket by showing that a Peierls bracket of regular functionals can fail to be smooth. Consequently, microcausal functionals are not a suitable basis for pAQFT. To remedy these issues, we introduce the class of equicausal functionals. We show that this class contains the local functionals and that it closes under the star-product and Peierls bracket. Furthermore, we prove the time-slice axiom for equicausal functionals, using a chain homotopy. The class of microcausal functionals is not closed under this chain homotopy, which strongly suggests that the class of microcausal functionals does not fulfill the time slice axiom. |
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| spellingShingle | A novel class of functionals for perturbative algebraic quantum field theory Hawkins, Eli Rejzner, Kasia Visser, Berend Mathematical Physics 81T20 Perturbative Algebraic Quantum Field Theory (pAQFT) is based upon formal power series valued in spaces of functionals. This is usually done with microcausal functionals, which are defined using microlocal analysis and motivated by propagation of singularities. In this paper, we prove that the class of microcausal functionals is not closed under the Peierls (Poisson) bracket by showing that a Peierls bracket of regular functionals can fail to be smooth. Consequently, microcausal functionals are not a suitable basis for pAQFT. To remedy these issues, we introduce the class of equicausal functionals. We show that this class contains the local functionals and that it closes under the star-product and Peierls bracket. Furthermore, we prove the time-slice axiom for equicausal functionals, using a chain homotopy. The class of microcausal functionals is not closed under this chain homotopy, which strongly suggests that the class of microcausal functionals does not fulfill the time slice axiom. |
| title | A novel class of functionals for perturbative algebraic quantum field theory |
| topic | Mathematical Physics 81T20 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.15203 |