Passivity and microlocal spectrum condition

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Abstract: In the setting of vector-valued quantum fields obeying a linear wave-equation in a globally hyperbolic, stationary spacetime, it is shown that the two-point functions of passive quantum states (mixtures of ground- or KMS-states) fulfill the microlocal spectrum condition (which in the case of the canonically quantized scalar field is equivalent to saying that the two-point function is of Hadamard form). The fields can be of bosonic or fermionic character. We also give an abstract version of this result by showing that passive states of a topological *-dynamical system have an asymptotic pair correlation spectrum of a specific type.


In the paper under review the relationship between passivity of quantum field state and the microlocal spectrum condition for free quantum fields on a stationary, globally hyperbolic spacetime is studied. Passive states generalize ground states and KMS states and may be viewed as good candidates for physically realistic states of any dynamical system. The main result shows that a passive state on a Borchers algebra fulfills the microlocal spectrum condition. Also, it is shown that passive states of a topological *-dynamical system have an asymptotic pair correlation spectrum of specific type.




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