Weyling the time away: the non-unitary implementability of quantum field dynamics on curved spacetime

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(02)00006-0zbMath1222.81220OpenAlexW1983473491MaRDI QIDQ720479

John Earman, Laura Ruetsche, Aristidis Arageorgis

Publication date: 15 October 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://doi.org/10.1016/s1355-2198(02)00006-0

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Operator algebra methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R15)

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