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Localization in the Rindler Wedge

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-11-15 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

One of the striking features of QED is that charged particles create a coherent cloud of photons. The resultant coherent state vectors of photons generate a non-trivial representation of the localized algebra of observables that do not support a representation of the Lorentz group: Lorentz symmetry is spontaneously broken. We show in particular that Lorentz boost generators diverge in this representation, a result shown also in [1] (See also [2]). Localization of observables, for example in the Rindler wedge, uses Poincar\'e invariance in an essential way [3]. Hence in the presence of charged fields, the photon observables cannot be localized in the Rindler wedge. These observations may have a bearing on the black hole information loss paradox, as the physics in the exterior of the black hole has points of resemblance to that in the Rindler wedge.

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@article{arxiv.1708.02803,
  title  = {Localization in the Rindler Wedge},
  author = {M. Asorey and A. P. Balachandran and G. Marmo and A. R. de Queiroz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.02803},
  year   = {2017}
}

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11 pages

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