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I study the canonical formulation and quantization of some simple parametrized systems, including the non-relativistic parametrized particle and the relativistic parametrized particle. Using Dirac's formalism I construct for each case the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Ruffini

Some problems related to an algebraic approach to quantum statistics are discussed. Generalized quantum statistics is described as a result of interactions. The Fock space representation is discussed. The problem of existence of…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2009-10-31 Wladyslaw Marcinek

Relativistic geometrical action for a quantum particle in the superspace is analyzed from theoretical group point of view. To this end an alternative technique of quantization outlined by the authors in a previous work and that is based in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Diego Cirilo-Lombardo

The aim of these notes is to elucidate some aspects of quantum field theory in curved spacetime, especially those relating to the notion of particles. A selection of issues relevant to wave-particle duality is given. The case of a generic…

General Physics · Physics 2008-03-13 Vladimir Mashkevich

The aim of this review is to outline a full route from the fundamental principles of algebraic quantum field theory on curved spacetime in its present-day form to explicit phenomenological applications which allow for comparison with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-09-02 Klaus Fredenhagen , Thomas-Paul Hack

Goal of this review is to introduce the algebraic approach to quantum field theory on curved backgrounds. Based on a set of axioms, first written down by Haag and Kastler, this method consists of a two-step procedure. In the first one, a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-07-02 Marco Benini , Claudio Dappiaggi , Thomas-Paul Hack

Algebraic quantum field theory provides a general, mathematically precise description of the structure of quantum field theories, and then draws out consequences of this structure by means of various mathematical tools -- the theory of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hans Halvorson , Michael Mueger

Within this chapter (published as [49]) we introduce the overall idea of the algebraic formalism of QFT on a fixed globally hyperbolic spacetime in the framework of unital $*$-algebras. We point out some general features of CCR algebras,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-10-04 Igor Khavkine , Valter Moretti

A Fock representation of the quantum affine algebra $U_q(\widehat{\sl}_2)$ is constructed by three bosonic fields for an arbitrary level with the help of the Drinfeld realization.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 A. Matsuo

An algebraic formalism for description of quantum states of charged particle with spin moving in two-dimensional space under influence of singular magnetic field is developed in terms of graded algebras. The fundamental assumption is that…

q-alg · Mathematics 2009-10-30 Wladyslaw Marcinek

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

By extending the method developed in our recent paper \cite{LM} we present the AQFT framework in terms of von Neumann algebras. In particular, this approach allows for a locally covariant categorical description of AQFT which moreover…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-01-28 Louis E Labuschagne , W Adam Majewski

We develop a rigorous framework for constructing Fock representations of quantum fields obeying generalized statistics associated with certain solutions of the spectral quantum Yang-Baxter equation. The main features of these…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-01 A. Liguori , M. Mintchev

We study the Fock description of a quantum free field on the three-sphere with a mass that depends explicitly on time, also interpretable as an explicitly time dependent quadratic potential. We show that, under quite mild restrictions on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-21 Jeronimo Cortez , Guillermo A. Mena Marugan , Jose M. Velhinho

Constrained symplectic quantization is a functional formulation of quantum field theory in which quantum fluctuations are sampled through a deterministic Hamiltonian flow in an auxiliary intrinsic time $\tau$. In this paper we extend the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-27 Francesco Scardino , Martina Giachello , Giacomo Gradenigo

The mathematical formalism for linear quantum field theory on curved spacetime depends in an essential way on the assumption of global hyperbolicity. Physically, what lie at the foundation of any formalism for quantization in curved…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-06 Ulvi Yurtsever

We develop a general setting for the quantization of linear bosonic and fermionic field theories subject to local gauge invariance and show how standard examples such as linearized Yang-Mills theory and linearized general relativity fit…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-04-18 Thomas-Paul Hack , Alexander Schenkel

A discussion is given of the quantisation of a physical system with finite degrees of freedom subject to a Hamiltonian constraint by treating time as a constrained classical variable interacting with an unconstrained quantum state. This…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Charles Wang

Fock representations are constructed for a free scalar field in the closed and quasi-Euclidean isotropic cosmological models. Invariance of their cyclic vector (vacuum) under isometries and the correspondence principle single out a class of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 K. A. Bronnikov , E. A. Tagirov

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