Published July 2001 | Version v1
Journal article

Two uniqueness results on the Unruh effect and on PCT-symmetry

Creators

  • 1. Amsterdam Univ. (Netherlands). Mathematics Inst.

Description

The Unruh effect and a closely related form of PCT-symmetry have been proved in general for finite-component Wightman fields by Bisognano and Wichmann. While this result incorporates most of the fields occurring in four-dimensional high energy physics, there still are field theories of interest that are not covered (e.g., low-dimensional anyon fields and infinite-component fields). From the spectrum condition, Borchers has derived a couple of commutation relations which ''almost, but only almost'' imply the Unruh effect and PCT-symmetry. We show that this result does imply Unruh effect and PCT-symmetry provided that the operators involved in Borchers' commutation relations act geometrically on a local net of observables. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Communications in Mathematical Physics
Journal Volume
221
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 77-100
ISSN
0010-3616
CODEN
CMPHAY

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Notes
With 4 figs., 54 refs.