States on timelike hypersurfaces in quantum field theory

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2005.06.078zbMATH1247.53100OpenAlexW2018708686WikidataQ62100722MaRDI QIDQ451835FDOQ451835

Authors Robert Oeckl

Publication date 25 September 2012

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0505267

zbMATH Keywords

spacelike hypersurfacesreal massive Klein-Gordon theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99)

Abstract: We investigate the possibility of defining states on timelike hypersurfaces in quantum field theory. To this end we consider hyperplanes in the real massive Klein-Gordon theory using the Schroedinger representation. We find a well defined vacuum wave functional, existing on any hyperplane, with the remarkable property that it changes smoothly even under Euclidean rotation through the light-cone. Moreover, particles on timelike hyperplanes exist and occur in two variants, incoming and outgoing, distinguished by the sign of the energy. Multi-particle wave functionals take a form similar to those on spacelike hypersurfaces. The role of unitarity and the inner product is discussed.

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