Linear hyperbolic PDEs with noncommutative time

DOI10.4171/JNCG/214zbMATH Open1351.46072arXiv1307.1780OpenAlexW2139528580MaRDI QIDQ893804FDOQ893804

Authors: Gandalf Lechner, Rainer Verch 

Publication date: 20 November 2015

Published in: Journal of Noncommutative Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Motivated by wave or Dirac equations on noncommutative deformations of Minkowski space, linear integro-differential equations of the form $(D+lambdaW)f=0$ are studied, where $D$ is a normal or prenormal hyperbolic differential operator on ${mathbbR}^n$, $lambdainmathbbC$ is a coupling constant, and $W$ is a regular integral operator with compactly supported kernel. In particular, $W$ can be non-local in time, so that a Hamiltonian formulation is not possible. It is shown that for sufficiently small $|lambda|$, the hyperbolic character of $D$ is essentially preserved. Unique advanced/retarded fundamental solutions are constructed by means of a convergent expansion in $lambda$, and the solution spaces are analyzed. It is shown that the acausal behavior of the solutions is well-controlled, but the Cauchy problem is ill-posed in general. Nonetheless, a scattering operator can be calculated which describes the effect of $W$ on the space of solutions of $D$. It is also described how these structures occur in the context of noncommutative Minkowski space, and how the results obtained here can be used for the analysis of classical and quantum field theories on such spaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.1780

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zbMATH Keywords

quantizationnoncommutative quantum field theorylinear hyperbolic PDEsnoncommutative time

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of functional analysis in quantum physics (46N50) Hyperbolic equations on manifolds (58J45) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Noncommutative geometry methods in quantum field theory (81T75)

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