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

DOI10.1007/S11005-012-0571-8zbMATH Open1257.81063arXiv1104.1374OpenAlexW2064865318MaRDI QIDQ692864FDOQ692864

Authors: Claudio Dappiaggi, Benjamin Lang 

Publication date: 6 December 2012

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

Abstract: We develop a quantization scheme for Maxwell's equations without source on an arbitrary four dimensional globally hyperbolic spacetime. The field strength tensor is the key dynamical object and it is not assumed a priori that it descends from a vector potential. It is shown that, in general, the associated field algebra can contain a non trivial centre and, on account of this, such a theory cannot be described within the framework of general local covariance unless further restrictive assumptions on the topology of the spacetime are made.

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

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zbMATH Keywords

Maxwell's equationsglobally hyperbolic spacetimealgebraic quantum field theorygeneral local covariance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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