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We determine the form factor expansion of the one-point functions in integrable quantum field theory at finite temperature and find that it is simpler than previously conjectured. We show that no singularities are left in the final…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Delfino

In this work we outline the general analytic characteristics satisfied by scalar correlation functions at finite temperature in local quantum field theory. We demonstrate that the locality of the fields in particular imposes significant…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-14 Peter Lowdon

This work proposes a reconstruction of the quantum field theory (QFT) scattering framework: the path integral governs an interaction kernel region, while the Hilbert space encodes asymptotic free boundary conditions. We critically reexamine…

General Physics · Physics 2025-07-31 Xinmu Zong , Chunyu Huang

By averaging over an ensemble of field configurations, a classical field theory can display many of the characteristics of quantum field theory, including Lorentz invariance, a loop expansion, and renormalization effects. There is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-02-18 B. Holdom

We show that the on-shell path integral for asymptotically flat Euclidean spacetimes can be given in the first-order formulation of general relativity, without assuming the boundary to be isometrically embedded in Euclidean space and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-07-22 Tomas Liko , David Sloan

We define the idea of {\it real path quantum theory}, a realist generalisation of quantum theory in which it is postulated that the configuration space path actually followed by a closed quantum system is probabilistically chosen. This is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Adrian Kent

The finite-volume thermodynamics of a massive integrable QFT is described in terms of a grand canonical ensemble of loops immersed in a torus and interacting through scattering factors associated with their intersections. The path integral…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-04-07 Ivan Kostov

There is debate as to whether quantum field theory is, at bottom, a quantum theory of fields or particles. One can take a field approach to the theory, using wave functionals over field configurations, or a particle approach, using wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-03 Charles T. Sebens

The quantum string field theoretic structure of interactive phenomena is discussed

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Denis V. Juriev

By means of the Minlos Theorem on support of cylindrical measures on vectorial topological spaces, we present several results on the rigorous definitions of Euclidean path integrals and applications to some problems on non-linear diffusion,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-07-04 Luiz. C. L. Botelho

We show how to construct path integrals for quantum mechanical systems where the space of configurations is a general non-compact symmetric space. Associated with this path integral is a perturbation theory which respects the global…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Noah Linden , Malcolm Perry

A general framework for integration over certain infinite dimensional spaces is first developed using projective limits of a projective family of compact Hausdorff spaces. The procedure is then applied to gauge theories to carry out…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-01 Abhay Ashtekar , Jerzy Lewandowski

String field theories exhibit exponential suppression of interactions among the component fields at high energies due to infinite-derivative factors such as $e^{\ell^2 \Box / 2}$ in the vertices. This nonlocality has hindered the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-18 Chih-Hao Chang , Pei-Ming Ho , I-Kwan Lee , Wei-Hsiang Shao

A detailed construction of the universal integrability objects related to the integrable systems associated with the quantum group $\mathrm U_q(\mathcal L(\mathfrak{sl}_3))$ is given. The full proof of the functional relations in the form…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-04-14 H. Boos , F. Göhmann , A. Klümper , Kh. S. Nirov , A. V. Razumov

The in-in path integral of a scalar field propagating in a fixed background is formulated in a suitable function space. The free kinetic operator, whose inverse gives the propagators of the in-in perturbation theory, becomes essentially…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-04-21 Ali Kaya

We give a mathematical construction of Euclidean quantum field theory on certain curved backgrounds. We focus on generalizing Osterwalder-Schrader quantization, as these methods have proved useful to establish estimates for interacting…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Arthur Jaffe , Gordon Ritter

We consider the correspondence between solutions of non-gravitational field theories formulated in Euclidean space-time and Minkowski space-time. Infinitely many "Euclidean" spaces can be obtained from M4 via a group of transformations in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Khin Maung Maung , Charles A. Hill , Michael T. Hill , George DeRise

The trace of integer powers of the local density matrix corresponding to the vacuum state reduced to a region V can be formally expressed in terms of a functional integral on a manifold with conical singularities. Recently, some progress…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-02-16 H. Casini , M. Huerta

The path integral formulation of Quantum Field Theory implies an infinite set of local, Schwinger-Dyson-like relations. Exact renormalization group equations can be cast as a particular instance of these relations. Furthermore, exact scheme…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Jose I. Latorre , Tim R. Morris

The concept of a "space of quantum field theories" or "theory space" was set out in the 1970's in work of Wilson, Friedan and others. This structure should play an important role in organizing and classifying QFTs, and in the study of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-17 Michael R. Douglas