Dynamical locality and covariance: what makes a physical theory the same in all spacetimes?

DOI10.1007/s00023-012-0165-0zbMath1280.81099arXiv1106.4785OpenAlexW3099879485MaRDI QIDQ1937027

Christopher J. Fewster, Rainer Verch

Publication date: 11 February 2013

Published in: Annales Henri Poincaré (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.4785

zbMATH Keywords

quantum field theory on curved spacetimeslocally covariant quantum field theoriesdynamical locallity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05)

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