Gupta-Bleuler quantization of the Maxwell field in globally hyperbolic space-times

DOI10.1007/S00023-014-0363-ZzbMATH Open1321.81063arXiv1307.1632OpenAlexW3099809287WikidataQ59896625 ScholiaQ59896625MaRDI QIDQ494858FDOQ494858

Authors: Felix Finster, Alexander Strohmaier 

Publication date: 2 September 2015

Published in: Annales Henri Poincaré (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give a complete framework for the Gupta-Bleuler quantization of the free electromagnetic field on globally hyperbolic space-times. We describe one-particle structures that give rise to states satisfying the microlocal spectrum condition. The field algebras in the so-called Gupta-Bleuler representations satisfy the time-slice axiom, and the corresponding vacuum states satisfy the microlocal spectrum condition. We also give an explicit construction of ground states on ultrastatic space-times. Unlike previous constructions, our method does not require a spectral gap or the absence of zero modes. The only requirement, the absence of zero-resonance states, is shown to be stable under compact perturbations of topology and metric. Usual deformation arguments based on the time-slice axiom then lead to a construction of Gupta-Bleuler representations on a large class of globally hyperbolic space-times. As usual, the field algebra is represented on an indefinite inner product space, in which the physical states form a positive semi-definite subspace. Gauge transformations are incorporated in such a way that the field can be coupled perturbatively to a Dirac field. Our approach does not require any topological restrictions on the underlying space-time.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.1632

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

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