Localization and the interface between quantum mechanics, quantum field theory and quantum gravity. I: The two antagonistic localizations and their asymptotic compatibility

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2010.03.003MaRDI QIDQ652845zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Bert Schroer

Publication date 17 December 2011

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.2874

zbMATH Keywords

entanglementquantum gravityquantum mechanicsholographyNewtonquantum field theorymodular localizationlocal quantum physicscurved space timeBorndirect particle interactionslocalization entropyWigner localization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99)

Abstract: It is shown that there are significant conceptual differences between QM and QFT which make it difficult to view the latter as just a relativistic extension of the principles of QM. At the root of this is a fundamental distiction between Born-localization in QM (which in the relativistic context changes its name to Newton-Wigner localization) and modular localization which is the localization underlying QFT, after one separates it from its standard presentation in terms of field coordinates. The first comes with a probability notion and projection operators, whereas the latter describes causal propagation in QFT and leads to thermal aspects of locally reduced finite energy states. The Born-Newton-Wigner localization in QFT is only applicable asymptotically and the covariant correlation between asymptotic in and out localization projectors is the basis of the existence of an invariant scattering matrix. In this first part of a two part essay the modular localization (the intrinsic content of field localization) and its philosophical consequences take the center stage. Important physical consequences of vacuum polarization will be the main topic of part II. Both parts together form a rather comprehensive presentation of known consequences of the two antagonistic localization concepts, including the those of its misunderstandings in string theory.

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