Algebraic quantum theory on manifolds: a Haag-Kastler setting for quantum geometry

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/17/9/305zbMATH Open1035.81034arXivgr-qc/9911076OpenAlexW2162382988MaRDI QIDQ4514261FDOQ4514261

Authors: Martin Rainer 

Publication date: 2000

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

Abstract: Motivated by the invariance of current representations of quantum gravity under diffeomorphisms much more general than isometries, the Haag-Kastler setting is extended to manifolds without metric background structure. First, the causal structure on a differentiable manifold M of arbitrary dimension (d+1>2) can be defined in purely topological terms, via cones (C-causality). Then, the general structure of a net of C*-algebras on a manifold M and its causal properties required for an algebraic quantum field theory can be described as an extension of the Haag-Kastler axiomatic framework. An important application is given with quantum geometry on a spatial slice within the causally exterior region of a topological horizon H, resulting in a net of Weyl algebras for states with an infinite number of intersection points of edges and transversal (d-1)-faces within any neighbourhood of the spatial boundary S^2.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9911076

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zbMATH Keywords

causal structure\(C^*\)-algebrasWeyl algebrasquantum geometrymanifolds without a metric background structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of functional analysis in quantum physics (46N50) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60)

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