Quantization of Maxwell's equations on curved backgrounds and general local covariance

DOI10.1007/s11005-012-0571-8zbMath1257.81063arXiv1104.1374OpenAlexW2064865318MaRDI QIDQ692864

Claudio Dappiaggi, Benjamin Lang

Publication date: 6 December 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.1374

zbMATH Keywords

Maxwell's equationsalgebraic quantum field theoryglobally hyperbolic spacetimegeneral local covariance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60)

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