Toward a rigorous quantum field theory

This paper outlines a framework that may provide a mathematically rigorous quantum field theory. The framework relies upon the methods of nonstandard analysis. A theory of nonstandard inner product spaces and operators on these spaces is first developed. This theory is then applied to construct nonstandard Fock spaces which extend the standard Fock spaces. Then a rigorous framework for the field operators of quantum field theory is presented. The results are illustrated for the case of Klein-Gordon fields.     

On the structure of the Galilean and translationally invariant operator algebra describing intrinsic properties of finite nuclear systems

The structure of the Galilean and translationally invariant operator algebra for finite systems of fermions is investigated. After performing the decomposition of the Fock space into Hilbert spaces for the center-of-mass motion and the intrinsic motion, “intrinsic” field operators are defined and their commutation relations established. These relations deviate in a certain particle number-dependent way from the usual fermion relations. It is shown that the operators corresponding to the intrinsic (e.g. nuclear) observables can be represented in the familiar way, the usual field operators being replaced by the intrinsic ones. In this theory the normal shell model calculations appear as the approximation performed by treating matrix elements of nuclear observables as if the intrinsic field operators were satisfying the exact Fermi commutation relations.     

Hidden symmetries and killing tensors on curved spaces

Higher-order symmetries corresponding to Killing tensors are investigated. The intimate relation between Killing-Yano tensors and nonstandard supersymmetries is pointed out. In the Dirac theory on curved spaces, Killing-Yano tensors generate Dirac-type operators involved in interesting algebraic structures as dynamical algebras or even infinite dimensional algebras or superalgebras. The general results are applied to space-times which appear in modern studies. One presents the infinite dimensional superalgebra of Dirac type operators on the 4-dimensional Euclidean Taub-NUT space that can be seen as a twisted loop algebra. The existence of the conformal Killing-Yano tensors is investigated for some spaces with mixed 3-Sasakian structures.     

Integrable quantum field theories and Bogoliubov transformations

The Federbush, massless Thirring and continuum Ising models and related integrable relativistic quantum field theories are studied. It is shown that local and covariant classical field operators exist that generate Bogoliubov transformations of the annihilation and creation operators on the Fock spaces of the respective models. The quantum fields of these models are closely related or equal to quadratic forms implementing these transformations, and hence formally inherit the covariance and locality of the underlying classical field operators. It is proved that the Federbush and massless Thirring fields on the physical sector do not satisfy the equation of motion. Closely related fields are defined that do satisfy it, and which lead to the same S-matrix, but these fields are presumably non-local. Bethe transforms are constructed for the various models, and on the unphysical sector the relation with the field theory approach is established.     

Nonstandard Methods in Quantum Field Theory I: A Hyperfinite Formalism of Scalar Fields

A nonstandard approach to axiomatic quantum field theory is given. Nonstandard axioms for a Hermitian scalar field is proposed, where the field operators act on a hyperfinite-dimensional Hilbert space. The axioms are shown to be equivalent to the Gårding–Wightman axioms. An example of a model of the nonstandard axioms is examined.     

Feynman quantization: An operator approach to path integration over commuting and anticommuting variables

We present an operator quantization scheme on a continuous direct product of Hilbert spaces over a time interval as an extension of the quantization using Feynman path integrals. We define the continuous direct product as a Hilbert space with two principal bases: the Fock and the Feynman ones. The Fock basis, defined by a complete set of commuting operators at different times, serves for a definition of the operator calculus. The Feynman basis, simultaneously diagonalizing the complete set of commuting operators, leads to path integrals constructed without time slicing as a spectral representation of certain operator functions. The construction of quantum theory and the corresponding path integrals for the harmonic oscillator is demonstrated both in the configuration and phase spaces. The extension of the theory to coherent states and anticommuting variables is performed.     

Dirac operators in Boson-Fermion Fock spaces and supersymmetric quantum field theory

Infinite dimensional analysis is developed on an abstract Boson-Fermion Fock space. A general class of Dirac operators acting there is introduced and properties of them are investigated. An index theorem for the Dirac operators is established in terms of a path integral on a loop space. It is shown that the abstract formalism presented here gives a mathematical unification for some models of supersymmetric quantum field theory.     

Realisations of the representations of para-Fermi algebras—Part IV: Fock spaces of para-Bose and para-Fermi operators

The representations of the para-Fermi algebra in the Fock spaces of para-Bose and para-Fermi operators are constructed. The unitary equivalence of different representations is proved. The Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer pair creation and annihilation operators and the four fermion interaction appear as particular realisations of the para-Fermi algebra. The para-Fermi algebra representations in quantum mechanics are discussed.     

Generalized Fock spaces,new forms of quantum statistics and their algebras

We formulate a theory of generalized Fock spaces which underlies the different forms of quantum statistics such as ‘infinite’, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics. Single-indexed systems as well as multi-indexed systems that cannot be mapped into single-indexed systems are studied. Our theory is based on a three-tiered structure consisting of Fock space, statistics and algebra. This general formalism not only unifies the various forms of statistics and algebras, but also allows us to construct many new forms of quantum statistics as well as many algebras of creation and destruction operators. Some of these are: new algebras for infinite statistics,q-statistics and its many avatars, a consistent algebra for fractional statistics, null statistics or statistics of frozen order, ‘doubly-infinite’ statistics, many representations of orthostatistics, Hubbard statistics and its variations.     

Symmetry and Conservation Laws for a Dirac Equation in a Riemannian Space

The linkage of the linear symmetry operators of the Dirac–Fock equation for electrons and massless particles with the differential conservation laws and the symmetry of equations in conformal spaces are studied.     

Collision theory for waves in two dimensions and a characterization of models with trivialS-matrix

Within the framework of local relativistic quantum theory in two space-time dimensions, we develop a collision theory for waves (the set of vectors corresponding to the eigenvalue zero of the mass operator). Since among these vectors there need not be one-particle states, the asymptotic Hilbert spaces do not in general have Fock structure. However, the definition and “physical interpretation” of anS-matrix is still possible. We show that thisS-matrix is trivial if the correlations between localized operators vanish at large timelike distances.     

Fock space representations of affine lie algebras and integral representations in the Wess-Zumino-Witten models

Fock space representations of affine Lie algebras are studied. Explicit forms of correction terms adding to the currentsF _i (z) are determined. It is proved that the Sugawara energy-momentum tensor on the Fock spaces is quadratic in free bosons. Furthermore, screening operators are constructed. This implies the existence of generalized hypergeometric integrals satisfying the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equation.     

The algebraic structure of cohomological field theory

The algebraic foundation of cohomological field theory is presented. It is shown that these theories are based upon realizations of an algebra which contains operators for both BRST and vector supersymmetry. Through a localization of this algebra, we construct a theory of cohomological gravity in arbitrary dimensions. The observables in the theory are polynomial, but generally non-local operators, and have a natural interpretation in terms of a universal bundle for gravity. As such, their correlation functions correspond to cohomology classes on moduli spaces of Riemannian connections. In this uniformization approach, different moduli spaces are obtained by introducing curvature singularities on codimension two submanifolds via a puncture operator. This puncture operator is constructed from a naturally occuring differential form of co-degree two in the theory, and we are led to speculate on connections between this continuum quantum field theory, and the discrete Regge calculus.     

Bosonization of Admissible Representation of Uq(sl2) at level -1/2

We construct a representation of Uq(sl2) at level -1/2 by using the bosonic Fock spaces. The irreducible modules are obtained as the kernel of a certain operator, in contrast to the construction by Feingold and Frenkel for q = 1 where such a procedure is not necessary. We also bosonize the q-vertex operators associated with the vector representation.     

On Odd Perturbations of Free Fermion Fields

We study the scattering theory of fermion systems subject to a smooth local perturbation with a non-vanishing odd part. We introduce a modified free fermion fields which have an appropriate commutation relations with the free Fock fermion fields. We construct the wave operators using the modified field and prove asymptotic completeness. Our work extends former results on Hilbert space asymptotic completeness.     

Quantum group structure in the Fock space resolutions of\widehat{sl}(n) representations

We describe a complex of Wakimoto-type Fock space modules for the affine Kac-Moody algebra . The intertwining operators that build the complex are obtained from contour integrals of so-called screening operators. We show that a quantum group structure underlies the algebra of screening operators. This observation greatly facilitates the explicit determination of the intertwiners. We conjecture that the complex provides a resolution of an irreducible highest weight module in terms of Fock spaces.Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract #DE-AC02-76ER03069.Supported by the NSF Grant #PHY-88-04561     

Tempered distributions in infinitely many dimensions

The space of testing functions for tempered distributions is characterized in an abstract way as the maximal space in a certain class of locally convex topological vector-spaces. The main characteristic of this class is stability under the differentiation and multiplication operators.The ensuing characterization of tempered distributions may readily be generalized to the case of infinitely many dimensions, and a certain class of such generalizations is studied. The spaces of testing elements are required to be stable under the action of the canonical field operators of the quantum theory of free fields, and it is shown that extreme spaces of testing elements exist and have simple properties. In fact, the maximal space is a Montel space, and the minimal complete space is a direct sum of such spaces.The formalism is applied to the problem of extending the canonical field operators, and a number of extension theorems are derived. In a forthcoming paper the theory of tempered distributions in infinitely many variables will be applied to a structurally simple linear operator equation.     

Fermionic and supersymmetric stochastic processes

The fermionic Fock space is represented by the Wiener chaos. This identification allows one to define fermionic Brownian motion with a probability measure. In the underlying geometrical picture this Brownian motion evolves in the linear space of the generators of the Grassmann algebra which spans the Fock space. More general stochastic processes can be derived with the help of stochastic differential equations. The generalization to supersymmetric processes is based on the Wiener-Grassmann product of Le Jan, an algebraic structure which is adequate to investigate differential operators on Wiener spaces.     

Example of a Model for AdS/QFT Duality

Models of hadrons that are rooted in light-front (LF) formulation of QCD have been linked to the classical field equations in a 5-dimensional anti-de Sitter (AdS) gravitational background in terms of the Brodsky-de Téramond LF holography. We discuss the classical equations of motion for the expectation values of operators in quantum field theory whose nature resembles the Ehrenfest equations of quantum mechanics and which thus appear to provide a general justification for the holographic picture. The required expectation values are obtained by distinguishing one effective constituent of a hadron, the one that is struck by an external electro-weak or gravitational probe, and integrating over relative motion variables of all other constituents in all Fock components. The scale-dependent Fock decomposition of hadronic states is defined using the renormalization group procedure for effective particles. The AdS modes dual to the incoming and outgoing hadrons in the corresponding transition matrix elements are thus found equivalent to the Gaussian form distribution functions for the effective partons struck by external probes.