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Relativistic quantum field theory (QFT) is commonly formulated in terms of operators, asymptotic states, and covariant amplitudes, a perspective that tends to obscure the real-time origin of field dynamics and correlations. Here we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-05 Yong Zhang

On the path towards quantum gravity, we find friction between temporal relations in quantum mechanics (QM) (where they are fixed and field-independent), and in general relativity (where they are field-dependent and dynamic). This paper aims…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-11-28 Henrique Gomes

We consider quantum field theory in four-dimensional Minkowski spacetime, with the position coordinates represented by twistors instead of the usual world-vectors. Upon imposing canonical commutation relations between twistors and dual…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Tomasz R. Taylor

In this talk, I present a theory of quantum gravity beyond Einstein. The theory is established based on spinnic and scaling gauge symmetries by treating the gravitational force on the same footing as the electroweak and strong forces. A…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-11-04 Yue-Liang Wu

We examine quantum field theory in spacetimes that are time nonorientable but have no other causal pathology. These are Lorentzian universes-from-nothing, spacetimes with a single spacelike boundary that nevertheless have a smooth…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-19 John L. Friedman , Atsushi Higuchi

From the modern viewpoint and by the geometric method, this paper provides a concise foundation for the quantum theory of massless spin-3/2 field in Minkowski spacetime, which includes both the one-particle's quantum mechanics and the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Weigang Qiu , Fei Sun , Hongbao Zhang

The role of acceleration in particle physics can provide an alternative method for probing the properties of quantum gravity. To analyze acceleration-induced processes one utilizes the formalism of quantum field theory in curved spacetime.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-20 Morgan H. Lynch

Quantum theory of a scalar field is developed on the LQC Bianchi I space-time. By comparing the the quantum field theory for a single mode on classical and quantum background geometries we find that an effective Bianchi I space-time…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-21 Andrea Dapor , Jerzy Lewandowski , Yaser Tavakoli

We describe the time evolution of quantum systems in a classical background space-time by means of a covariant derivative in an infinite dimensional vector bundle. The corresponding parallel transport operator along a timelike curve $\cC$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Dirk Graudenz

Quantum Yang-Mills theory, Classical Statistical Field Theory (for Hamiltonians which are non-polynomial in the fields, e.g. General relativistic statistical mechanics) and Quantum Gravity all suffer from severe mathematical inconsistencies…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-22 Leonardo Pedro

We consider the problem of evolving a quantum field between any two (in general, curved) Cauchy surfaces. Classically, this dynamical evolution is represented by a canonical transformation on the phase space for the field theory. We show…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 C. G. Torre , M. Varadarajan

We study the Fock quantization of scalar fields in (generically) time dependent scenarios, focusing on the case in which the field propagation occurs in --either a background or effective-- spacetime with spatial sections of flat compact…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-11-26 Laura Castelló Gomar , Jerónimo Cortez , Daniel Martín-de Blas , Guillermo A. Mena Marugán , José M. Velhinho

We argue that the conventional construction for quantum fields in curved spacetime has a grave drawback: It involves an uncountable set of physical field systems which are nonequivalent with respect to the Bogolubov transformations, and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Vladimir S. Mashkevich

The space time that is used in relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory is the Minkowski space time. Yet, as pointed out by several scholars this classical space time is incompatible with the Heisenberg Uncertainity…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. G. Sidharth

Algebraic quantization has been applied on the class of globally hyperbolic spacetime for many decades, leading to remarkable results. Nonetheless, the presence of a boundary calls for a separate treatment, since, in general, it breaks…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-12-23 Gabriele Nosari

We discuss the problem of canonical quantization of a free real massive scalar field in the Schwarzschild spacetime. It is shown that a consistent procedure of canonical quantization of the field can be carried out without taking into…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-05 Vadim Egorov , Mikhail Smolyakov , Igor Volobuev

We propose a formulation of quantum mechanics in an extended Fock space in which a tensor product structure is applied to time. Subspaces of histories consistent with the dynamics of a particular theory are defined by a direct quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-29 N. L. Diaz , J. M. Matera , R. Rossignoli

We study a new approach to generally covariant quantum mechanics applied in the case of an FLRW cosmological background. For positive spatial curvature we find a discrete series of solutions of the Klein-Gordon equation that can reasonably…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-13 Edwin Beggs , Shahn Majid

The ordinary quantum theory points out that general relativity is negligible for spatial distances up to the Planck scale. Consistency in the foundations of the quantum theory requires a``soft'' spacetime structure of the general relativity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-09-13 Peter Leifer

This research establishes an operational measurement way to express the quantum field theory in a geometrical form. In four-dimensional spacetime continuum, the orthogonal rotation is defined. It forms two sets of equations: one set is…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jianhua Xiao