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Generalized Wentzell boundary conditions and quantum field theory

Mathematical Physics 2018-01-16 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory Analysis of PDEs math.MP

Abstract

We discuss a free scalar field subject to generalized Wentzell boundary conditions. On the classical level, we prove well-posedness of the Cauchy problem and in particular causality. Upon quantization, we obtain a field that may naturally be restricted to the boundary. We discuss the holographic relation between this boundary field and the bulk field.

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@article{arxiv.1512.05512,
  title  = {Generalized Wentzell boundary conditions and quantum field theory},
  author = {Jochen Zahn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.05512},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

27 pages; v2: minor corrections, references added; v3: final version, title changed