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Globally conformal invariant quantum field theories in a D-dimensional space-time (D even) have rational correlation functions and admit an infinite number of conserved (symmetric traceless) tensor currents. In a theory of a scalar field of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Ivan Todorov

This paper proposes a general framework for nonperturbatively defining continuum quantum field theories. Unlike most such frameworks, the one offered here is finitary: continuum theories are defined by reducing large but finite quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-08-31 Djordje Radicevic

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

A theoretical study is made of conformal factors in certain types of physical theories based on classical differential geometry. Analysis of quantum versions of Weyl's theory suggest that similar field equations should be available in four,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Daniel C. Galehouse

The general boundary formulation of quantum field theory is applied to a massive scalar field in two dimensional Rindler space. The field is quantized according to both the Schr\"odinger-Feynman quantization prescription and the holomorphic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-01-04 Daniele Colosi , Dennis Rätzel

Conformal Quantum Field Theories (CFT) in 1 or 1+1 spacetime dimensions (respectively called chiral and full CFTs) admit several "axiomatic" (mathematically rigorous and model-independent) formulations. In this note, we deal with the von…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2023-10-10 Luca Giorgetti

The quantum field theories (QFT) constructed in [1,2] include phenomenology of interest. The constructions approximate: scattering by $1/r$ and Yukawa potentials in non-relativistic approximations; and the first contributing order of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-12-23 Glenn Eric Johnson

We study space-time symmetries in scalar quantum field theory (including interacting theories) on static space-times. We first consider Euclidean quantum field theory on a static Riemannian manifold, and show that the isometry group is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Arthur Jaffe , Gordon Ritter

The infinite dimensional generalization of the quantum mechanics of extended objects, namely, the quantum field theory of extended objects is employed to address the hitherto nonrenormalizable gravitational interaction following which the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-25 Ramchander R. Sastry

We advocate that the dual picture of spacetime noncommutativity , i.e. the existence of a curved momentum space, could be a way out to solve some of the open conceptual problems in the field, such as the basis dependence of observables. In…

General Physics · Physics 2025-12-10 S. A. Franchino-Viñas

Quantum Field Theory (QFT) represents a vast generalization of Quantum Mechanics (QM), as it deals with systems that have an infinite number of degrees of freedom. The Stone-von Neumann theorem, which establishes the equivalence of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-07-13 Ahmed Halawani

The Euclidean quantum field theory for the fields $\phi_{\Delta x}(x)$, which depend on both the position $x$ and the resolution $\Delta x$, constructed in SIGMA 2 (2006), 046, hep-th/0604170, on the base of the continuous wavelet…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-12-19 Mikhail V. Altaisky

Conformal field theories (CFTs) with $U(m)\times U(n)$ global symmetry in $d=3$ dimensions have been studied for years due to their potential relevance to the chiral phase transition of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). In this work such CFTs…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-30 Stefanos R. Kousvos , Andreas Stergiou

Quantum field theory (QFT) based on the principles of special relativity (SR) and it is in fact the \emph{kinematic theory of fields}. The root assumption is that there is "relativistic description" of \emph{any} isolated quantum system in…

General Physics · Physics 2018-08-02 Peter Leifer

This thesis explores Quantum Field Theory (QFT) on curved spacetimes using a geometric Hamiltonian approach to the Schr\"odinger-like representation. In particular it studies the theory of the scalar field described through its…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-02-19 David Martínez-Crespo

Motivated by the question of exploring the "theory space" of quantum field theories, we review the concept of "decomposing" and "gluing" quantum field theories. We explain this in the context of three-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-05-25 Masahito Yamazaki

Quantum field theory (QFT) on fractal spacetimes is a program aiming at quantizing the gravitational interaction consistently at all energy scales thanks to an intrinsically or dynamically induced multiscale or multifractal-like spacetime…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-26 Fabio Briscese , Gianluca Calcagni

We present a precise definition of extended homotopy quantum field theories and develop an orbifold construction for these theories when the target space is the classifying space of a finite group $G$, i.e. for $G$-equivariant topological…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2019-08-16 Christoph Schweigert , Lukas Woike

Two-dimensional conformal field theory (CFT) can be defined through its correlation functions. These must satisfy certain consistency conditions which arise from the cutting of world sheets along circles or intervals. The construction of a…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2008-11-26 Ingo Runkel , Jens Fjelstad , Jurgen Fuchs , Christoph Schweigert

Conformal field theory, describing systems with scaling symmetry, plays a crucial role throughout physics. We describe a quantum algorithm to simulate the dynamics of conformal field theories, including the action of local conformal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-30 Tobias J. Osborne , Alexander Stottmeister