Construction of KMS states in perturbative QFT and renormalized Hamiltonian dynamics

DOI10.1007/S00220-014-2141-7zbMATH Open1305.82012arXiv1306.6519OpenAlexW2015611666MaRDI QIDQ462875FDOQ462875

Authors: Klaus Fredenhagen, Falk Lindner 

Publication date: 22 October 2014

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

Abstract: We present a general construction of KMS states in the framework of perturbative algebraic quantum field theory (pAQFT). Our approach may be understood as an extension of the Schwinger-Keldysh formalism. We obtain in particular the Wightman functions at positive temperature, thus solving a problem posed some time ago by Steinmann. The notorious infrared divergences observed in a diagrammatic expansion are shown to be absent due to a consequent exploitation of the locality properties of pAQFT. To this avail, we introduce a novel, Hamiltonian description of the interacting dynamics and find, in particular, a precise relation between relativistic QFT and rigorous quantum statistical mechanics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.6519

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zbMATH Keywords

Kubo-Martin-Schwinger conditionperturbative algebraic quantum field theoryquantum field theory at non-zero temperaturestatistical quantum field theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of operator theory in the physical sciences (47N50) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30) Operator algebra methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R15) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60)

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