Construction of quantum field theories with factorizing S-matrices (Q1006852)

The construction of a large class of quantum field theories with factorizing S-matrices has been discussed. The starting point of this construction is a pair of wedge-local quantum fields associated with a given S-matrix S, and the observation that the structure of the local observables corresponding to S are fixed by commutation relations with these fields. By using operator-algebraic techniques, basic problems the existence of models with a prescribed S-matrix were solved without having to specify explicit formulae for local interacting quantum fields.