Affine holomorphic quantization

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2012.02.001zbMATH Open1245.81287arXiv1104.5527OpenAlexW2113432020WikidataQ62100587 ScholiaQ62100587MaRDI QIDQ414518FDOQ414518

Authors: Robert Oeckl 

Publication date: 11 May 2012

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a rigorous and functorial quantization scheme for affine field theories, i.e., field theories where local spaces of solutions are affine spaces. The target framework for the quantization is the general boundary formulation, allowing to implement manifest locality without the necessity for metric or causal background structures. The quantization combines the holomorphic version of geometric quantization for state spaces with the Feynman path integral quantization for amplitudes. We also develop an adapted notion of coherent states, discuss vacuum states, and consider observables and their Berezin-Toeplitz quantization. Moreover, we derive a factorization identity for the amplitude in the special case of a linear field theory modified by a source-like term and comment on its use as a generating functional for a generalized S-matrix.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.5527

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zbMATH Keywords

coherent statesquantum field theorygeometric quantizationtopological quantum field theorygeneral boundary formulationFeynman path integral

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Feynman integrals and graphs; applications of algebraic topology and algebraic geometry (81Q30) Coherent states (81R30) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70) Geometric quantization (53D50)

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