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Regular one-parameter groups, reflection positivity and their application to Hankel operators and standard subspaces

Functional Analysis 2025-03-19 v2

Abstract

Standard subspaces are a well-studied object in algebraic quantum field theory (AQFT). Given a standard subspace V{\tt V} of a Hilbert space H\mathcal{H}, one is interested in unitary one-parameter groups on H\mathcal{H} with UtVVU_t {\tt V} \subseteq {\tt V} for every tR+t \in \mathbb{R}_+. If (V,U)({\tt V},U) is a non-degenerate standard pair on H\mathcal{H}, i.e. the self-adjoint infinitesimal generator of UU is a positive operator with trivial kernel, two classical results are given by Borchers' Theorem, relating non-degenerate standard pairs to positive energy representations of the affine group Aff(R)\mathrm{Aff}(\mathbb{R}) and the Longo-Witten Theorem, stating the the semigroup of unitary endomorphisms of V{\tt V} can be identified with the semigroup of symmetric operator-valued inner functions on the upper half-plane. In this thesis, we prove results similar to the theorems of Borchers and of Longo-Witten for a more general framework of unitary one-parameter groups without the assumption that their infinitesimal generator is positive. We replace this assumption by the weaker assumption that the triple (H,V,U)(\mathcal{H},{\tt V},U) is a so-called real regular one-parameter group.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2406.04241,
  title  = {Regular one-parameter groups, reflection positivity and their application to Hankel operators and standard subspaces},
  author = {Jonas Schober},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.04241},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

PhD thesis, 176 pages, an error in Theorem 6.4.3 as well as some typos in the original version have been corrected

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