Published July 2001
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Journal article
Two uniqueness results on the Unruh effect and on PCT-symmetry
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.)
Additional details
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
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- Germany
- INIS RN
- 32045557
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALGEBRAIC FIELD THEORY; COMMUTATION RELATIONS; CPT THEOREM; QUANTUM OPERATORS; VACUUM STATES; WIGHTMAN FIELD THEORY
- Descriptors DEC
- AXIOMATIC FIELD THEORY; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
Optional Information
- Notes
- With 4 figs., 54 refs.