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Singular perturbations of a free quantum field Hamiltonian

Mathematical Physics 2019-12-04 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We study solutions of the functional eigenstate equation of a free quantum field Hamiltonian. Admissible solutions are to have a finite norm and a finite eigenvalue w.r.t. the norm and eigenvalue of the ground state of the free theory. We show that in the simple cases of a scalar field and of a vector field in the Coulomb gauge the admissible eigenstates exist and possess negative energy. The functionals can be treated as infinite-dimensional counterparts of the eigenfunctions of the theory of singular perturbations of differential operators, and can be deployed for construction of the renormalized states of models with asymptotic freedom.

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@article{arxiv.1912.01458,
  title  = {Singular perturbations of a free quantum field Hamiltonian},
  author = {T. A. Bolokhov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.01458},
  year   = {2019}
}

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26 pages