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Boundary Quantum Field Theory on the Interior of the Lorentz Hyperboloid

Mathematical Physics 2012-04-30 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We construct local, boost covariant boundary QFT nets of von Neumann algebras on the interior of the Lorentz hyperboloid LH = {x^2 - t^2 > R^2, x>0}, in the two-dimensional Minkowski spacetime. Our first construction is canonical, starting with a local conformal net on the real line, and is analogous to our previous construction of local boundary CFT nets on the Minkowski half-space. This net is in a thermal state at Hawking temperature. Then, inspired by a recent construction by E. Witten and one of us, we consider a unitary semigroup that we use to build up infinitely many nets. Surprisingly, the one-particle semigroup is again isomorphic to the semigroup of symmetric inner functions of the disk. In particular, by considering the U(1)-current net, we can associate with any given symmetric inner function a local, boundary QFT net on LH. By considering different states, we shall also have nets in a ground state, rather than in a KMS state.

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@article{arxiv.1103.1141,
  title  = {Boundary Quantum Field Theory on the Interior of the Lorentz Hyperboloid},
  author = {Roberto Longo and Karl-Henning Rehren},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.1141},
  year   = {2012}
}

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18 pages