Algebraic QFT in Curved Spacetime and Quasifree Hadamard States: An Introduction

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-21353-8_5zbMath1334.81081arXiv1412.5945OpenAlexW2161748302MaRDI QIDQ2799461

Igor Khavkine, Valter Moretti

Publication date: 11 April 2016

Published in: Advances in Algebraic Quantum Field Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.5945

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60) Operator algebra methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R15)

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