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Title: Modular theory for the von Neumann algebras of Local Quantum Physics

Authors: Daniele Guido (U. Roma Tor Vergata)
Abstract: In the first part, the second quantization procedure and the free Bosonic scalar field will be introduced, and the axioms for quantum fields and nets of observable algebras will be discussed.
The second part is mainly devoted to an illustration of the Bisognano-Wichmann theorem for Wightman fields and in the algebraic setting, with a discussion on the physical meaning of this result.
In the third part some reconstruction theorems based on modular groups will be described, in particular the possibility of constructing an action of the symmetry group of a given theory via modular groups, and the construction of free field algebras via representations of the symmetry group.
Comments: Notes of a course given at the summer school "Aspects of operator algebras and applications", School of Mathematics "Lluis Santalo", Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo, July 2008
Subjects: Operator Algebras (math.OA); Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
MSC classes: 46L60, 81T40
Journal reference: Contemp.Math.534:97-120,2011
Cite as: arXiv:0812.1511 [math.OA]
  (or arXiv:0812.1511v1 [math.OA] for this version)

Submission history

From: Daniele Guido [view email]
[v1] Mon, 8 Dec 2008 15:40:40 GMT (25kb)