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The quantized free Dirac field is considered on Minkowski spacetime (of general dimension). The Dirac field is coupled to an external scalar potential whose support is finite in time and which acts by a Moyal-deformed multiplication with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-12-04 Markus Borris , Rainer Verch

We extend the recently developed kinematical framework for diffeomorphism invariant theories of connections for compact gauge groups to the case of a diffeomorphism invariant quantum field theory which includes besides connections also…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 Thomas Thiemann

In this article we present the algebraic rearrangement, or matrix inversion of the Dirac equation in a curved Riemann-Cartan spacetime with torsion, the presence of non-vanishing torsion is implied by the intrinsic spin-1/2 of the Dirac…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-12-18 Shaun Inglis , Peter Jarvis

We describe the elements of a novel structural approach to classical field theory, inspired by recent developments in perturbative algebraic quantum field theory. This approach is local and focuses mainly on the observables over field…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-05-16 Romeo Brunetti , Klaus Fredenhagen , Pedro Lauridsen Ribeiro

We develop a systematic classical framework to accommodate canonical quantization of geometric and matter perturbations on a quantum homogeneous isotropic flat spacetime. The existing approach of standard cosmological perturbations is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-06-05 Andrea Dapor , Jerzy Lewandowski , Jacek Puchta

Classical field theory is considered as a theory of unparametrized surfaces embedded in a configuration space, which accommodates, in a symmetric way, spacetime positions and field values. Dynamics is defined by a (Hamiltonian) constraint…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-06-20 Vaclav Zatloukal

A new approach is proposed for an electromagnetic field geometrisation. We show that interacting Maxwell and Dirac fields can be considered as a single connected space-time 4-manifold. The Dirac spinors appear wihtin such approach as basic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 O. A. Olkhov

In this article we show that a Dirac Hamiltonian in a curved background spacetime can be interpreted, when discretized, as a tight binding Fermi-Hubbard model with non unitary tunnelings. We find the form of the nonunitary tunneling…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-03-31 Jiří Minář , Benoît Grémaud

A Dirac picture perturbation theory is developed for the time evolution operator in classical dynamics in the spirit of the Schwinger-Feynman-Dyson perturbation expansion and detailed rules are derived for computations. Complexification…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 E. B. Manoukian , N. Yongram

Starting with a Dirac operator on a configuration space of $SU(2)$ gauge connections we consider its fluctuations with inner automorphisms. We show that a certain type of twisted inner fluctuations leads to a Dirac operator whose square…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-03 Johannes Aastrup , Jesper M. Grimstrup

We use the freedom available in hybrid loop quantum cosmology to split the degrees of freedom between the geometry and the matter fields so as to build a quantum field theory for the matter content with good quantum properties. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-04-02 Beatriz Elizaga Navascués , Guillermo A. Mena Marugán , Santiago Prado

The extended algebra of the free electromagnetic fields, including infrared singular fields, and the almost radial gauge, both introduced earlier, are postulated for the construction of the quantum electrodynamics in a Hilbert space (no…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-08-26 Andrzej Herdegen

Free quantum field theories on curved backgrounds are discussed via three explicit examples: the real scalar field, the Dirac field and the Proca field. The first step consists of outlining the main properties of globally hyperbolic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Marco Benini , Claudio Dappiaggi

In this paper we continue the development of a spectral triple-like construction on a configuration space of gauge connections. We have previously shown that key elements of bosonic and fermionic quantum field theory emerge from such a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-10-18 Johannes Aastrup , Jesper M. Grimstrup

We study massive Majorana neutrinos in background matter. Representing these particles in terms of Weyl spinors, we carry out their quantization. The propagators of these fields are also constructed. Then, we apply the Hamilton dynamics…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-05 Maxim Dvornikov

We review the applications of the quantum field theory (QFT) for the description of massive Dirac neutrinos in external fields. Two particular cases of external background are considered. First, we examine neutrinos in background matter.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-12 Maxim Dvornikov

The classical and quantum dynamics of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universe with massless scalar and massive fermion matter field as a source is discussed in the framework of the Dirac generalized Hamiltonian formalism. The Hamiltonian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 A. M. Khvedelidze , Yu. G. Palii

We consider supersymmetric quantum mechanical systems in arbitrary dimensions on curved spaces with nontrivial gauge fields. The square of the Dirac operator serves as Hamiltonian. We derive a relation between the number of supercharges…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Kirchberg , J. D. Laenge , A. Wipf

Effective topological field theories describe the properties of Dirac fermions in the low-energy regime. In this work, we introduce a new emergent gravity model by considering Dirac fermions invariant under local de Sitter transformations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-01-19 Giandomenico Palumbo

In this work, a classical-quantum correspondence for two-level pseudo-Hermitian systems is proposed and analyzed. We show that the presence of a complex external field can be described by a pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonian if there is a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-10 K. Raimundo , M. C. Baldiotti , R. Fresneda , C. Molina