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Gluing algebraic quantum field theories on manifolds

Mathematical Physics 2025-01-10 v2 Category Theory math.MP Quantum Algebra

Abstract

It has been observed that, given an algebraic quantum field theory (AQFT) on a manifold MM and an open cover {Mα}\{M_\alpha\} of MM, it is typically not possible to recover the global algebra of observables on MM by simply gluing the underlying local algebras subordinate to {Mα}\{M_\alpha\}. Instead of gluing local algebras, we introduce a gluing construction for AQFTs subordinate to {Mα}\{M_\alpha\} and we show that for simple examples of AQFTs, constructed out of geometric data, gluing the local AQFTs subordinate to {Mα}\{M_\alpha\} recovers the global AQFT on MM.

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@article{arxiv.2404.09638,
  title  = {Gluing algebraic quantum field theories on manifolds},
  author = {Angelos Anastopoulos and Marco Benini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.09638},
  year   = {2025}
}

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28 pages - Accepted for publication in Annales Henri Poincar\'e