Particle propagators on discrete spacetime

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/25/20/202001zbMATH Open1152.83364arXiv0806.3083OpenAlexW2028684136MaRDI QIDQ3535552FDOQ3535552

Steven R. Johnston

Publication date: 13 November 2008

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

Abstract: A quantum mechanical description of particle propagation on the discrete spacetime of a causal set is presented. The model involves a discrete path integral in which trajectories within the causal set are summed over to obtain a particle propagator. The sum-over-trajectories is achieved by a matrix geometric series. For causal sets generated by sprinkling points into 1+1 and 3+1 dimensional Minkowski spacetime the propagator calculated on the causal set is shown to agree, in a suitable sense, with the causal retarded propagator for the Klein-Gordon equation. The particle propagator described here is a step towards quantum field theory on causal set spacetime.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.3083

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)

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