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Quantization on Space-Time Hyperboloids

Mathematical Physics 2011-10-17 v1 math.MP Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We quantize a relativistic massive complex spin-0 field and a relativistic massive spin-1/2 field on a space-time hyperboloid. We call this procedure point-form canonical quantization. Lorentz invariance of the hyperboloid implies that the 4 generators for translations become dynamic and interaction dependent, whereas the 6 generators for Lorentz transformations remain kinematic and interaction free. We expand the fields in terms of usual plane waves and prove the equivalence to equal-time quantization by representing the Poincare generators in a momentum basis. We formulate a generalized scattering theory for interacting fields by considering evolution of the system generated by the interaction dependent four-momentum operator. Finally we expand our generalized scattering operator in powers of the interaction and show its equivalence to the Dyson expansion of usual time-ordered perturbation theory.

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@article{arxiv.1110.2624,
  title  = {Quantization on Space-Time Hyperboloids},
  author = {Elmar P. Biernat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.2624},
  year   = {2011}
}

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97 pages

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