Zeta-regularized vacuum expectation values

DOI10.1063/1.5085866MaRDI QIDQ5235526zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

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Publication date 11 October 2019

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.06784, https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/426522

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quantum field theoryvacuum expectation valueszeta regularization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Zeta functions and related questions in algebraic geometry (e.g., Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture) (14G10) Discrete version of topics in analysis (39A12) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Feynman diagrams (81T18) Continuum limits in quantum field theory (81T27) Atomic physics (81V45) Quantum optics (81V80)

Abstract: It has recently been shown that vacuum expectation values and Feynman path integrals can be regularized using Fourier integral operator $zeta$-function, yet the physical meaning of these $zeta$-regularized objects was unknown. Here we show that $zeta$-regularized vacuum expectations appear as continuum limits using a certain discretization scheme. Furthermore, we study the rate of convergence for the discretization scheme using the example of a one-dimensional hydrogen atom in $(-pi,pi)$ which we evaluate classically, using the Rigetti Quantum Virtual Machine, and on the Rigetti 8Q quantum chip "Agave" device. We also provide the free radiation field as an example for the computation of $zeta$-regularized vacuum expectation values in a gauge theory.

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