Published December 2, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Quantum field theory on manifolds with a boundary

Creators

  • 1. Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Wroclaw, 50-204 Wroclaw, Plac Maxa Borna 9 (Poland)

Description

We discuss quantum theory of fields Φ defined on a (d + 1)-dimensional manifold M with a boundary B. The free action W0(Φ) which is a bilinear form in Φ defines the Gaussian measure with a covariance (Green function) G. We discuss a relation between the quantum field theory with a fixed boundary condition Φ and the theory defined by the Green function G. It is shown that the latter results by an average over Φ of the first. The QFT in anti-de Sitter space is treated as an example. It is shown that quantum fields on the boundary are more regular than those on anti-de Sitter space

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0305-4470/38/10393/a5_48_010.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General (ISSN 1361-6447) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
48
Journal Page Range
p. 10393-10401
ISSN
0305-4470
CODEN
JPHAC5

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37048526
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DE SITTER GROUP; GREEN FUNCTION; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; LIE GROUPS; SPACE; SYMMETRY GROUPS