The microlocal spectrum condition, initial value formulations, and background independence

DOI10.1063/1.4940052zbMath1335.81116arXiv1312.4173MaRDI QIDQ2795551

Alexander Stottmeister, Thomas Thiemann

Publication date: 21 March 2016

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.4173

zbMATH Keywords

Hadamard state; hyperbolic spacetime; distributional Cauchy data Wave front set; normally hyperbolic equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T10: Model quantum field theories

81T20: Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds

83C45: Quantization of the gravitational field

83C47: Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory

35L15: Initial value problems for second-order hyperbolic equations

58J45: Hyperbolic equations on manifolds

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