Fermionic fields in the functional approach to classical field theory

DOI10.1142/S0129055X11004503zbMATH Open1242.81112arXiv1101.5126MaRDI QIDQ2889720FDOQ2889720

Katarzyna Rejzner

Publication date: 8 June 2012

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

Abstract: In this paper, we present a formulation of the classical theory of Fermionic (anticommuting) fields, which fits into the general framework proposed by K.Fredenhagen, M.Duetsch and R.Brunetti. It was inspired by the recent developments in perturbative algebraic quantum field theory and allows for a deeper structural understanding also on the classical level. We propose a modification of this formalism that allows to treat also Fermionic fields. In contrast to other formulations of classical theory of anticommuting variables, we don't introduce additional Grassman degrees of freedom. Instead the anticommutativity is introduced in a natural way on the level of functionals. Moreover our construction incorporates the functional-analytic and topological aspects, which is usually neglected in the treatments of anticommuting fields. We also give an example of an interacting model where our framework can be applied.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.5126

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zbMATH Keywords

classical field theoryfermionic fieldsperturbative algebraic field theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60) Constructive quantum field theory (81T08)

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