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Multi-particle quantum fields for bound states and interactions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-03-03 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

The Fock-Hilbert space generated by a single-particle interaction-free Wightman field is augmented by introducing non-trivial multi-particle (that is, multi-point, multilinear) quantum fields, which is justified insofar as Haag's theorem establishes that free field Fock-Hilbert spaces cannot model bound or interacting states. Two Gaussian constructions are given: one that modifies the combinatoric factors and masses associated with products of propagators and a second for which locality is determined by the center of mass of the n-particles and relative separations of the n-particles determine the strength of resonance; it is shown how the two constructions may also be used together. Finally, a method is given for generating non-Gaussian n-particle quantum fields that quite closely tracks familiar interacting quantum fields but that is significantly better-defined and that offers a much richer algebraic structure for future use.

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@article{arxiv.1507.08299,
  title  = {Multi-particle quantum fields for bound states and interactions},
  author = {Peter Morgan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.08299},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

16 pages (v2). v1 suffered from a mistake that caused an avalanche of unfortunate consequences; v2 fixes that and modifies the approach

R2 v1 2026-06-22T10:21:53.482Z