Conformal generally covariant quantum field theory: the scalar field and its Wick products

DOI10.1007/S00220-009-0780-XzbMATH Open1171.81021arXiv0806.0803OpenAlexW3100185853WikidataQ125705263 ScholiaQ125705263MaRDI QIDQ842495FDOQ842495

Authors: Nicola Pinamonti 

Publication date: 25 September 2009

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

Abstract: In this paper we generalize the construction of generally covariant quantum theories given in the work of Brunetti, Fredenhagen and Verch to encompass the conformal covariant case. After introducing the abstract framework, we discuss the massless conformally coupled Klein Gordon field theory, showing that its quantization corresponds to a functor between two certain categories. At the abstract level, the ordinary fields, could be thought as natural transformations in the sense of category theory. We show that, the Wick monomials without derivatives (Wick powers), can be interpreted as fields in this generalized sense, provided a non trivial choice of the renormalization constants is given. A careful analysis shows that the transformation law of Wick powers is characterized by a weight, and it turns out that the sum of fields with different weights breaks the conformal covariance. At this point there is a difference between the previously given picture due to the presence of a bigger group of covariance. It is furthermore shown that the construction does not depend upon the scale mu appearing in the Hadamard parametrix, used to regularize the fields. Finally, we briefly discuss some further examples of more involved fields.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.0803

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

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