Analytic States in Quantum Field Theory on Curved Spacetimes

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  • Alexander Strohmaier
  • Edward Witten

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4543-4590
Number of pages48
JournalAnnales Henri Poincare
Volume25
Issue number10
Early online date16 Feb 2024
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2024

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We discuss high energy properties of states for (possibly interacting) quantum fields in curved spacetimes. In particular, if the spacetime is real analytic, we show that an analogue of the timelike tube theorem and the Reeh–Schlieder property hold with respect to states satisfying a weak form of microlocal analyticity condition. The former means the von Neumann algebra of observables of a spacelike tube equals the von Neumann algebra of observables of a significantly bigger region that is obtained by deforming the boundary of the tube in a timelike manner. This generalizes theorems by Araki (Helv Phys Acta 36:132–139, 1963) and Borchers (Nuovo Cim (10) 19:787–793, 1961) to curved spacetimes.

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Analytic States in Quantum Field Theory on Curved Spacetimes. / Strohmaier, Alexander; Witten, Edward.
In: Annales Henri Poincare, Vol. 25, No. 10, 10.2024, p. 4543-4590.

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Strohmaier A, Witten E. Analytic States in Quantum Field Theory on Curved Spacetimes. Annales Henri Poincare. 2024 Oct;25(10):4543-4590. Epub 2024 Feb 16. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2302.02709, 10.1007/s00023-024-01419-0
Strohmaier, Alexander ; Witten, Edward. / Analytic States in Quantum Field Theory on Curved Spacetimes. In: Annales Henri Poincare. 2024 ; Vol. 25, No. 10. pp. 4543-4590.
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