Homotopy theory of algebraic quantum field theories

DOI10.1007/S11005-018-01151-XzbMATH Open1419.81026arXiv1805.08795OpenAlexW3102229943WikidataQ128506525 ScholiaQ128506525MaRDI QIDQ2000955FDOQ2000955

Lukas Woike, Marco Benini, Alexander Schenkel

Publication date: 1 July 2019

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

Abstract: Motivated by gauge theory, we develop a general framework for chain complex valued algebraic quantum field theories. Building upon our recent operadic approach to this subject, we show that the category of such theories carries a canonical model structure and explain the important conceptual and also practical consequences of this result. As a concrete application we provide a derived version of Fredenhagen's universal algebra construction, which is relevant e.g. for the BRST/BV formalism. We further develop a homotopy theoretical generalization of algebraic quantum field theory with a particular focus on the homotopy-coherent Einstein causality axiom. We provide examples of such homotopy-coherent theories via (1) smooth normalized cochain algebras on $infty$-stacks, and (2) fiber-wise groupoid cohomology of a category fibered in groupoids with coefficients in a strict quantum field theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.08795

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zbMATH Keywords

gauge theorymodel categoryalgebraic quantum field theorycolored operad$\infty$-stacksBRST/Bv formalismhomootpy algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Abstract and axiomatic homotopy theory in algebraic topology (55U35)

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