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We elaborate further the functional Schr\"{o}dinger-picture approach to the quantum field in curved spacetimes using the generalized invariant method and construct explicitly the Fock space, which we relate with the thermal field theory. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Sang Pyo Kim

We consider the tensor product of modules over the polynomial algebra corresponding to the usual tensor product of linear operators. We present a general description of the representation ring in case the ground field k is perfect. It is…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2009-07-09 Erik Darpö , Martin Herschend

A new type of integral representation is proposed for the propagators of the massive Klein-Gordon field minimally coupled to the gravity of the de Sitter expanding universe. This representation encapsulates the effects of the Heaviside step…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-15 Ion I. Cotaescu , Ion Cotaescu

We show that the Wigner equations describing the continuous spin representations can be obtained as a limit of massive higher-spin field equations. The limit involves a suitable scaling of the wave function, the mass going to zero and the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 X. Bekaert , J. Mourad

We discuss the Heisenberg-Wigner phase-space formalism in quantum electrodynamics as well as scalar quantum electrodynamics with respect to transverse fields. In regard to the special characteristics of such field types we derive modified…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-12-13 Christian Kohlfürst

In these lectures we introduce the Feynman-Schwinger representation method for solving nonperturbative problems in field theory. As an introduction we first give a brief overview of integral equations and path integral methods for solving…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Cetin Savkli

We derive an analytical expression of a Wigner function that approximately describes the time evolution of the one-dimensional motion of a particle in a nonharmonic potential. Our method involves two exact frame transformations, accounting…

We study free scalar field theory on flat spacetime using a background independent (polymer) quantization procedure. Specifically we compute the propagator using a method that takes the energy spectrum and position matrix elements of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-03-24 Golam Mortuza Hossain , Viqar Husain , Sanjeev S. Seahra

We prove a new formula for the generating function of polynomials counting absolutely stable representations of quivers over finite fields. The case of irreducible representations is studied in more detail.

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2007-08-10 Sergey Mozgovoy , Markus Reineke

In designing and optimizing new-generation nanomaterials and related quantum devices, dissipation versus decoherence phenomena are often accounted for via local scattering models, such as relaxation-time and Boltzmann-like schemes. Here we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-14 Rita Claudia Iotti , Fabrizio Dolcini , Fausto Rossi

We consider the quantization of a scalar kappa-deformed field up to the point of obtaining an expression for its vacuum energy. The expression is given by the half sum of the field frequencies, as in the non-deformed case, but with the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 M. V. Cougo-Pinto , C. Farina , J. F. M. Mendes

In this paper we study the quantisation of scalar field theory in $\kappa$-deformed space-time. Using a quantisation scheme that use only field equations, we derive the quantisation rules for deformed scalar theory, starting from the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-09-23 E. Harikumar , Vishnu Rajagopal

We present a construction of the Wigner function for a bosonic quantum field theory that has well-defined ultraviolet (UV) and infrared (IR) properties. Our construction uses the local mode formalism in algebraic quantum field theory that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-01 Erickson Tjoa

A description of scalar charged particles, based on the Feshbach-Villars formalism, is proposed. Particles are described by an object that is a Wigner function in usual coordinates and momenta and a density matrix in the charge variable. It…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. I. Lev , A. A. Semenov , C. V. Usenko

We study the Fock quantization of a compound classical system consisting of point masses and a scalar field. We consider the Hamiltonian formulation of the model by using the geometric constraint algorithm of Gotay, Nester and Hinds. By…

In this dissertation the Weyl-Wigner approach is presented as a map between functions on a real cartesian symplectic vector space and a set of operators on a Hilbert space, to analyse some aspects of the relations between quantum and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Alessandro Zampini

A pseudo-velocity concept, based on the extension of a linear body, is defined by a special relativity experiment. It suggests an analogy with the covariance properties of Wiener's process, ultimately implying that the scaling behavior of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-09-15 Stefano A. Mezzasalma

We present, for the first time, the quantization process for the Einstein-aether scalar field cosmology. We consider a cosmological theory proposed as a Lorentz violating inflationary model, where the aether and scalar fields interact…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-17 N. Dimakis , T. Pailas , A. Paliathanasis , G. Leon , Petros A. Terzis , T. Christodoulakis

Quantization of the free Maxwell field in Minkowski space is carried out using a loop representation and shown to be equivalent to the standard Fock quantization. Because it is based on coherent state methods, this framework may be useful…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-06 Abhay Ashtekar , Carlo Rovelli

Our understanding of quantum field theory rests largely on explicit and controlled calculations in perturbation theory. Because of this, much recent effort has been devoted to improve our grasp of perturbative techniques on cosmological…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-20 Aaron Hillman , Enrico Pajer