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Quantum fields in toroidal topology

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-07-29 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The standard representation of c*-algebra is used to describe fields in compactified space-time dimensions characterized by topologies of the type ΓDd=(S1)d×MDd \Gamma_{D}^{d}=(\mathbb{S}^{1})^{d}\times \mathbb{M}^{D-d}. The modular operator is generalized to introduce representations of isometry groups. The Poincar\'{e} symmetry is analyzed and then we construct the modular representation by using linear transformations in the field modes, similar to the Bogoliubov transformation. This provides a mechanism for compactification of the Minkowski space-time, that follows as a generalization of the Fourier-integral representation of the propagator at finite temperature. An important result is that the 2×22\times2 representation of the real time formalism is not needed. The end result on calculating observables is described as a condensate in the ground state. We analyze initially the free Klein-Gordon and Dirac fields, and then formulate non-abelian gauge theories in ΓDd\Gamma_{D}^{d}. Using the S-matrix, the decay of particles is calculated in order to show the effect of the compactification.

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@article{arxiv.1107.5717,
  title  = {Quantum fields in toroidal topology},
  author = {F. C. Khanna and A. P. C. Malbouisson and J. M. C. Malbouisson and A. E. Santana},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.5717},
  year   = {2011}
}

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34 pages, LATEX, no figures

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