An algebraic characterization of vacuum states in Minkowski space

DOI10.1007/BF02096722zbMath0788.46074OpenAlexW1986999334MaRDI QIDQ1308476

Detlev Buchholz, Stephen Jeffrey Summers

Publication date: 17 May 1994

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02096722

zbMATH Keywords

quantum field theoriesspace-time translationsalgebraic characterization of vacuum statescondition of geometrical modularmodular structuresnets of \(C^*\)-algebras over Minkowski spacespacetime manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60) Applications of functional analysis in quantum physics (46N50)

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