THE LOCALLY COVARIANT DIRAC FIELD

DOI10.1142/S0129055X10003990zbMATH Open1216.81113arXiv0911.1304MaRDI QIDQ3573128FDOQ3573128

Authors: Ko Sanders 

Publication date: 30 June 2010

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

Abstract: We describe the free Dirac field in a four dimensional spacetime as a locally covariant quantum field theory in the sense of Brunetti, Fredenhagen and Verch, using a representation independent construction. The freedom in the geometric constructions involved can be encoded in terms of the cohomology of the category of spin spacetimes. If we restrict ourselves to the observable algebra the cohomological obstructions vanish and the theory is unique. We establish some basic properties of the theory and discuss the class of Hadamard states, filling some technical gaps in the literature. Finally we show that the relative Cauchy evolution yields commutators with the stress-energy-momentum tensor, as in the scalar field case.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.1304

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zbMATH Keywords

spin structurescategory theorycohomologiesDirac equationsQFT on curved spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Time-dependent Schrödinger equations and Dirac equations (35Q41) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20)

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