Wave equations on Lorentzian manifolds and quantization.

DOI10.4171/037zbMATH Open1118.58016arXiv0806.1036OpenAlexW1669598283MaRDI QIDQ873929FDOQ873929

Authors: Nicolas Ginoux, Frank Pfäffle, Christian Bär 

Publication date: 21 March 2007

Published in: ESI Lectures in Mathematics and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This book provides a detailed introduction to linear wave equations on Lorentzian manifolds (for vector-bundle valued fields). After a collection of preliminary material in the first chapter one finds in the second chapter the construction of local fundamental solutions together with their Hadamard expansion. The third chapter establishes the existence and uniqueness of global fundamental solutions on globally hyperbolic spacetimes and discusses Green's operators and well-posedness of the Cauchy problem. The last chapter is devoted to field quantization in the sense of algebraic quantum field theory. The necessary basics on C*-algebras and CCR-representations are developed in full detail. The text provides a self-contained introduction to these topics addressed to graduate students in mathematics and physics. At the same time it is intended as a reference for researchers in global analysis, general relativity, and quantum field theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.1036

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zbMATH Keywords

Lorentzian manifoldswave equationsglobal hyperbolicityquantization Riesz distributions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Wave equation (35L05) Initial value problems for second-order hyperbolic equations (35L15) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Hyperbolic equations on manifolds (58J45) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to global analysis (58-02)

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