On the causal structure of Minkowski spacetime

DOI10.1063/1.531954zbMath0893.51018OpenAlexW2076721403MaRDI QIDQ4379250

Eyvind H. Wichmann, Launey J. III Thomas

Publication date: 25 February 1998

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.531954

zbMATH Keywords

quantum field theoryKlein-Gordon equationvon Neumann algebrasMinkowski spacetimecausal structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Special relativity (83A05) Classical or axiomatic geometry and physics (51P05)

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• Nonexistence of quantum fields associated with two-dimensional spacelike planes