Quantising the Foliation in History Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
As a preliminary to discussing the quantisation of the foliation in a history form of general relativity, we show how the discussion in \cite{SavQFT1} of a history version of free, scalar quantum field theory can be augmented in such a way as to include the quantisation of the unit-length, time-like vector that determines a Lorentzian foliation of Minkowski spacetime. We employ a Hilbert bundle construction that is motivated by: (i) discussing the role of the external Lorentz group in the existing history quantum field theory \cite{SavQFT1}; and (ii) considering a specific representation of the extended history algebra obtained from the multi-symplectic representation of scalar field theory.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0110161,
title = {Quantising the Foliation in History Quantum Field Theory},
author = {C. J. Isham and K. N. Savvidou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0110161},
year = {2007}
}
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