A uniqueness criterion for the Fock quantization of scalar fields with time-dependent mass

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/28/17/172001zbMATH Open1223.83022arXiv1106.5000OpenAlexW3100031101WikidataQ62122349 ScholiaQ62122349MaRDI QIDQ3173074FDOQ3173074

José M. Velhinho, Javier Olmedo, Jerónimo Cortez, G. A. Mena Marugán

Publication date: 10 October 2011

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A major problem in the quantization of fields in curved spacetimes is the ambiguity in the choice of a Fock representation for the canonical commutation relations. There exists an infinite number of choices leading to different physical predictions. In stationary scenarios, a common strategy is to select a vacuum (or a family of unitarily equivalent vacua) by requiring invariance under the spacetime symmetries. When stationarity is lost, a natural generalization consists in replacing time invariance by unitarity in the evolution. We prove that, when the spatial sections are compact, the criterion of a unitary dynamics, together with the invariance under the spatial isometries, suffices to select a unique family of Fock quantizations for a scalar field with time dependent mass.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.5000

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Unified quantum theories (81V22) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

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