Motivations and physical aims of algebraic QFT

DOI10.1006/APHY.1996.5662zbMATH Open0945.81019arXivhep-th/9608083OpenAlexW1989252752MaRDI QIDQ1290476FDOQ1290476

Bert Schroer

Publication date: 2 June 1999

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present illustrations which show the usefulness of algebraic QFT. In particular in low-dimensional QFT, when Lagrangian quantization does not exist or is useless (e.g. in chiral conformal theories), the algebraic method is beginning to reveal its strength.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9608083

zbMATH Keywords

interactionsperturbation theorydualityanyonsalgebraic quantum field theorychiral field algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60)

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