On the equivalence of AQFTs and prefactorization algebras

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Main Authors: Benini, Marco, Carmona, Victor, Grant-Stuart, Alastair, Schenkel, Alexander
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author Benini, Marco
Carmona, Victor
Grant-Stuart, Alastair
Schenkel, Alexander
author_facet Benini, Marco
Carmona, Victor
Grant-Stuart, Alastair
Schenkel, Alexander
contents This paper revisits the equivalence problem between algebraic quantum field theories and prefactorization algebras defined over globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifolds. We develop a radically new approach whose main innovative features are 1.) a structural implementation of the additivity property used in earlier approaches and 2.) a reduction of the global equivalence problem to a family of simpler spacetime-wise problems. When applied to the case where the target category is a symmetric monoidal $1$-category, this yields a generalization of the equivalence theorem from [Commun. Math. Phys. 377, 971 (2019)]. In the case where the target is the symmetric monoidal $\infty$-category of cochain complexes, we obtain a reduction of the global $\infty$-categorical equivalence problem to simpler, but still challenging, spacetime-wise problems. The latter would be solved by showing that certain functors between $1$-categories exhibit $\infty$-localizations, however the available detection criteria are inconclusive in our case.
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spellingShingle On the equivalence of AQFTs and prefactorization algebras
Benini, Marco
Carmona, Victor
Grant-Stuart, Alastair
Schenkel, Alexander
Mathematical Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Algebraic Topology
Quantum Algebra
81Txx, 18Nxx, 53C50
This paper revisits the equivalence problem between algebraic quantum field theories and prefactorization algebras defined over globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifolds. We develop a radically new approach whose main innovative features are 1.) a structural implementation of the additivity property used in earlier approaches and 2.) a reduction of the global equivalence problem to a family of simpler spacetime-wise problems. When applied to the case where the target category is a symmetric monoidal $1$-category, this yields a generalization of the equivalence theorem from [Commun. Math. Phys. 377, 971 (2019)]. In the case where the target is the symmetric monoidal $\infty$-category of cochain complexes, we obtain a reduction of the global $\infty$-categorical equivalence problem to simpler, but still challenging, spacetime-wise problems. The latter would be solved by showing that certain functors between $1$-categories exhibit $\infty$-localizations, however the available detection criteria are inconclusive in our case.
title On the equivalence of AQFTs and prefactorization algebras
topic Mathematical Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Algebraic Topology
Quantum Algebra
81Txx, 18Nxx, 53C50
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.07318