The inverse loop transform

DOI10.1063/1.532344MaRDI QIDQ4213026zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Thomas Thiemann

Publication date 25 May 1999

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9601105

zbMATH Keywords

characteristic functionalfinite joint distributionsinverse loop transform

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of manifolds of mappings to the sciences (58D30) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13)

Abstract: The loop transform in quantum gauge field theory can be recognized as the Fourier transform (or characteristic functional) of a measure on the space of generalized connections modulo gauge transformations. Since this space is a compact Hausdorff space, conversely, we know from the Riesz-Markov theorem that every positive linear functional on the space of continuous functions thereon qualifies as the loop transform of a regular Borel measure on the moduli space. In the present article we show how one can compute the finite joint distributions of a given characteristic functional, that is, we derive the inverse loop transform.

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