Partial wave expansion and Wightman positivity in conformal field theory

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2005.06.006zbMATH Open1128.81320arXivhep-th/0504146OpenAlexW2171498342MaRDI QIDQ876151FDOQ876151

Authors: Nikolay M. Nikolov, Karl-Henning Rehren, Ivan Todorov 

Publication date: 16 April 2007

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A new method for computing exact conformal partial wave expansions is developed and applied to approach the problem of Hilbert space (Wightman) positivity in a non-perturbative four-dimensional quantum field theory model. The model is based on the assumption of global conformal invariance on compactified Minkowski space. Bilocal fields arising in the harmonic decomposition of the operator product expansion prove to be a powerful instrument in exploring the field content. In particular, in the theory of a field of dimension 4 which has the properties of a (gauge invariant) Lagrangian, the scalar field contribution to the 6-point function of the twist 2 bilocal field is analyzed with the aim to separate the free field part from the nontrivial part.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0504146

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Constructive quantum field theory (81T08)

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