Effective theories of connections and curvature: abelian case

DOI10.1063/1.4705391zbMATH Open1275.81064arXiv1101.3829OpenAlexW3101414075WikidataQ62382530 ScholiaQ62382530MaRDI QIDQ2862900FDOQ2862900

Authors: Homero G. Díaz-Marín, José A. Zapata 

Publication date: 20 November 2013

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

Abstract: We introduce a notion of measuring scales for quantum abelian gauge systems. At each measuring scale a finite dimensional affine space stores information about the evaluation of the curvature on a discrete family of surfaces. Affine maps from the spaces assigned to finer scales to those assigned to coarser scales play the role of coarse graining maps. This structure induces a continuum limit space which contains information regarding curvature evaluation on all piecewise linear surfaces with boundary. The evaluation of holonomies along loops is also encoded in the spaces introduced here; thus, our framework is closely related to loop quantization and it allows us to discuss effective theories in a sensible way. We develop basic elements of measure theory on the introduced spaces which are essential for the applicability of the framework to the construction of quantum abelian gauge theories.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.3829

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Equivariant fiber spaces and bundles in algebraic topology (55R91) Continuum limits in quantum field theory (81T27) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10)

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