Perturbative algebraic quantum field theory : an introduction for mathematicians /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rejzner, Kasia (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2016]
Series:Mathematical physics studies.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Algebraic approach to quantum theory
  • Algebraic quantum mechanics
  • Causality
  • Haag-Kastler axioms
  • pAQFT axioms
  • LCQFT
  • Kinematical structure
  • The space of field configurations
  • Functionals on the configuration space
  • Fermionic field configurations
  • Vector fields
  • Functorial interpretation
  • Classical theory
  • Dynamics
  • Natural Lagrangians
  • Homological characterization of the solution space
  • The net of topological Poisson algabras
  • Analogy with classical mechanics
  • Deformation quantization
  • Star products
  • The star product on the space of multivector fields
  • Kähler structure
  • Interaction
  • Outline of the approach
  • Scatering matrix and time ordered products
  • Renormalization group
  • Interacting local nets
  • Explicit construction
  • Gauge theories
  • Classical gauge theory
  • Gauge-fixing
  • BV formalism
  • Effective quantum gravity
  • From LCQFT to quantum gravity
  • Dynamics and symmetries
  • Linearized theory
  • Quantization
  • Relational observables
  • Background independence.