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Quantum field theory in the $4$-dimensional de Sitter space-time is constructed in the ambient space formalism in a rigorous mathematical framework. This work is based on the group representation theory and the analyticity of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-21 Mohammad Vahid Takook

By considering the Einstein vacuum field equations linearized about the Minkowski metric, the evolution equations for the gauge-invariant quantities characterizing the gravitational field are written in a Hamiltonian form by using a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 R. Rosas-Rodriguez

The formulation of a relativistic dynamical problem as a system of Hamilton equations by respecting the principles of Relativity is a delicate task, because in their classical form the Hamilton equations require the use of a time…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-06-13 Frédéric Hélein

A framework allowing for perturbative calculations to be carried out for quantum field theories with arbitrary smoothly curved boundaries is described. It is based on an expansion of the heat kernel derived earlier for arbitrary mixed…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-31 D. M. McAvity , H. Osborn

The usual formulations of quantum field theory in Minkowski spacetime make crucial use of Poincare symmetry, positivity of total energy, and the existence of a unique, Poincare invariant vacuum state. These and other key features of quantum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-07-03 Robert M. Wald

We give defining equations for function fields over finite fields with many rational places. They are obtained from composita of quadratic extensions of the rational function field.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Stephan Semirat

There is good evidence that quantum computers are more powerful than classical computers, and that various simple modifications of quantum theory yield computational power that is dramatically greater still. However, these modifications…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-26 Jonathan Barrett , Niel de Beaudrap , Matty J. Hoban , Ciarán M. Lee

Without wasting time and effort on philosophical justifications and implications, we write down the conditions for the Hamiltonian of a quantum system for rendering it mathematically equivalent to a deterministic system. These are the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-09 Gerard t Hooft

Algebraic quantum field theory is a general mathematical framework for relativistic quantum physics, based on the theory of operator algebras. It comprises all observable and operational aspects of a theory. In its framework the entire…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-07-23 Detlev Buchholz , Klaus Fredenhagen

Nonlinear Hamiltonian systems describing the abstract Vlasov and Hartree equations are considered in the framework of algebraic Poissonian theory. The concept of uniformization is introduced; it generalizes the method of second quantization…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. P. Belavkin , V. P. Maslov

In $n$-dimensional classical field theory one studies maps from $n$-dimensional manifolds in such a way that classical mechanics is recovered for $n=1$. In previous papers we have shown that the standard polysymplectic framework in which…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-19 Ronen Brilleslijper , Oliver Fabert

Field transformations for the quantum effective action lead to different pictures of a given physical situation, as describing a given evolution of the universe by different geometries. Field transformations for functional flow equations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-22 C. Wetterich

This note gives an introduction to Lagrangian field theories in the presence of boundaries. After an overview of the classical aspects, the cohomological formalisms to resolve singularities in the bulk and in the boundary theories (the BV…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-05-24 Alberto S. Cattaneo , Pavel Mnev , Nicolai Reshetikhin

Multiple scalar fields appear in vast modern particle physics and gravity models. When they couple to gravity non-minimally, conformal transformation is utilized to bring the theory into Einstein frame. However, the kinetic terms of scalar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-09-22 Yong Tang , Yue-Liang Wu

We discuss the relation between symmetries and conservation laws in the realm of classical field theories based on the Hamiltonian constraint. In this approach, spacetime positions and field values are treated on equal footing, and a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-04-15 Vaclav Zatloukal

A quantum field theoretic formulation of the dynamics of the Contact Process on a regular graph of degree z is introduced. A perturbative calculation in powers of 1/z of the effective potential for the density of particles phi(t) and an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-16 Christophe Deroulers , Rémi Monasson

To set up a self-consistent quantum field theory of degenerate systems, the unperturbed state should be described by a density matrix instead of a pure state. This increases the combinatorial complexity of the many-body equations. Hopf…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Christian Brouder

Computations in renormalizable perturbative quantum field theories reveal mathematical structures which go way beyond the formal structure which is usually taken as underlying quantum field theory. We review these new structures and the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Dirk Kreimer

We present a rigorous quantization scheme that yields a quantum field theory in general boundary form starting from a linear field theory. Following a geometric quantization approach in the K\"ahler case, state spaces arise as spaces of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-08-10 Robert Oeckl

By employing special solutions of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation and tools from lattice theories, we suggest an approach to convert classical theories to quantum theories for mechanics and field theories. Some nontrivial results are obtained…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-08-07 Zhi-Qiang Guo , Ivan Schmidt